Claim: There are more council houses that have been built in the last seven years than under the last Labour government.
Fact-check: Have more council houses been built in the last seven years than under Labour? - Full Fact
Verdict: this claim is technically correct, but it ignores the major role of housing associations in the provision of social housing. including homes built by local authorities and housing associations, labour built more houses during their 13 years than in the 7 years since then, but built on average fewer houses per year.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Joseph Shuttleworth
Date published: 2017-11-24T00:00:00