The country's housing shortage is fast approaching one million homes, yet we are building less now than at any point since the Second World War.
The stark statistic is revealed in the Home Builders Federation (HBF's) election manifesto and is a warning to MPs that they desperately need to wake up to the mounting housing crisis.
Housing issues are now affecting every UK constituency and the social and economic impacts of an acute housing shortage become ever more apparent:
Source: propertytalk Live!.