Oh behave, since when were new labour anything other than wannabe Tories. There is a shortage of social housing because Maggie sold off all the council houses she could.
Kind of convenient to ignore the fact that most of the welfare bill (apart from pensions) is taken up by housing benefit. People on low wages have to rent privately instead of being able to rent council housing. The shortfall being met by the state in benefits. But let's not blame her.