THOUSANDS of families in Lancashire were being forced into buying houses they could not afford, a shock report revealed.
The Lancashire Housing Inquiry, headed by the Bishop of Burnley, claimed people were having to take on a mortgage millstone because there were not enough council houses to rent.
A disturbing pattern of unfit homes, overcrowding and homelessness was discovered.
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