Awaab Ishak and a social housing scandal

*Awaab Ishak’s death shed light on a social housing scandal. Now we have a brief chance to fix it.*

To provide enough housing space, and maintain it safe conditions, is the state's responsibility. Doing a proper job will require spending public money. That's the real political question here: does the British government care enough about non-wealthy people to make sure they all have safe and livable places to live?