More than 2,300 people died while waiting for social housing in the UK last year, openDemocracy can reveal.
That is despite councils’ efforts to dump families, many of whom are vulnerable, from their heaving housing queues – in some cases using underhand or even unlawful tactics.
Figures obtained by this website under the Freedom of Information Act also show that 217,000 households have been waiting in excess of five years for a home.
