government pours around twenty five billion euros a year into rent subsidies a world record much of it goes on exorbitant rents like juice once some landlords hike their prices if they know the state is paying. free market britain has long neglected social housing hard to imagine it was once the nation's pride with around two hundred fifty thousand homes built per year. in twenty seventeen there were just three thousand left and that despite a rise in need. the government has just announced a new initiative but experts are skeptical demand they say is simply too high the biggest improvement is the fact that people are moving out of if we could make things better in the rest of the country. people felt they were getting what they want when that would be probably better if dealing with it. but in reality london's