Tens of thousands of people have been on social housing waiting lists for a decade, we can reveal today.

Research shows at least 104,000 people in Britain have been on waiting lists for council-owned or “arm’s length run” homes, such as in housing associations, for five years.

Reported by The Daily Mirror. You can read the full story here. 

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