Housing First pilot schemes across Liverpool, Manchester and Birmingham have proven to work, taking 1,000 people off the streets. Now the government must roll it out nationwide, says Steve Morgan

As far as housing is concerned, I didn’t have the easiest start in life. Growing up I lived in nine different houses before the age of 14, three of which had no indoor toilet, and six of which had no central heating – so I know firsthand about sub-standard housing. Without a home, nothing else in life works, it affects your health, your relationships, and your ability to find or keep a job.

When I started building houses at Redrow, I think it is perhaps because of my background that I always wanted to give our customers the best possible home for the price. Every set of keys we handed over gave a family more than bricks and mortar; our homes offered good design, warmth and security for their children. I have been building houses for well over 40 years, around 120,000 of them, providing homes for more........

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