HOMES- NOT DEBT

It's reported today that Northern Rock is to offer offer up to £14bn extra in new mortgages over the next two years to help kick-start the ailing housing market.
Would it not be more to the point for semi-nationalised concerns to start working with the Government to addres the real crisis we face in social housing for rent? At a time when job securioy and the ability to save deposits for mortgages are both utterly skwed by the state of the economy, surely it's the moment to take back the housing agenda and turn it into an electoral positive.