PA Ministers have announced the building of prefabricated homes

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The 100,000 pre-fab homes proposed by the Government are a far cry from those properties “fit for heroes” and service personnel who were awarded social housing on their return from the horrors of the First World War. David Lloyd George’s mandate for the 1919 Housing Act was his battle cry as he headed into Britain’s post-war election campaign. And he won the election along with his pledge for housing heroes.

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There is a long standing controversy over the granting of social housing to immigrants

But today when approximately 9,000 of our servicemen and women are sleeping rough after leaving the military, Government figures show how an influx of migrants has seen 30,000 social housing lettings given to immigrants in 2015. This has pushed ministers to plan a new wave of pre-made homes to solve the housing crisis. The prefabricated homes can be built off site in as little as a day and take just 48 hours to install on a site. They sprung up across the country following the wars in an attempt to house families bombed out of their homes. The plans come as Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith warned immigration is “pricing young people out of the housing market” in Britain.

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Migration Watch said the costs will continue to rocket if a “sustainable” level of migration is not achieved. A spokesperson said: “There is a long standing controversy over the granting of social housing to immigrants. This has not been helped by local authorities’ reluctance to publish the relevant information. “Some immigrant groups have very low use of social housing whereas others are more likely to be in social housing than the UK born. There is absolutely nothing in the rules that state that immigrants should get preferential treatment. “However, priority for social housing is largely determined by need and so some ‘high need’ immigrant families will gain access to housing over longer standing local residents deemed to be of lower need. This can be contentious.

PH David Lloyd George launched the homes 'fit for heroes'