Hon POTO WILLIAMS (Associate Minister of Housing (Public Housing)): Housing is and has been a top priority for the Labour Government. That's why Labour has pledged to build 18,000 public and transitional houses, and over the last three years we've already delivered 6,000 public homes. The Government wants to make sure people in need get access to warm, safe accommodation and we've encouraged people to come forward and ask for help. As of August 2020, there were 20,385 people on the housing register. In September 2017, there were 5,844.