The National Housing Federation estimates the NHS spends 2.5 billion annually treating people suffering from illnesses directly linked to living in cold, damp and often dangerous homes. It claims a further 1.8 billion a year is spent on police responses to crimes that are associated with substandard housing.
Poor housing 'costs UK billions of pounds a year'
POOR housing costs the UK billions of pounds a year in healthcare, crime and educational failure, a study claimed today.