HOMELESSNESS will have soared by a shocking 85 per cent after 10 years of Tory government, Labour warned yesterday.

A report laying bare the government’s housing failure shows how rents have soared while house-building has slumped since the Tories took power in 2010.

And it reveals that 74,000 more families will be made homeless every year by 2020 if current trends continue.

That is forecast to cause a 200 per cent rise in rough sleeping compared with 2010, with 5,305 living on the streets by the next election.

Another 81,000 families will be left living in temporary accommodation — a 58 per cent rise since 2010.

The report comes just a day after figures revealed a 5 per cent rise in homelessness across England last year.

The number included 100,000 children now living in temporary accommodation.

Shadow housing minister John Healey blasted the Tories’ “inaction,” saying it was “indefensible.”

He said: “Their five years of failure on housing means worry and misery for millions of people now struggling with the cost of housing crisis — higher rents, more homelessness, the lowest rate of home ownership in a generation and fewer homes built than at any time since the 1920s.

“Ministers have a duty to act and Labour will expose them when they fail.”

With house building at its lowest level since the ’20s, David Cameron has a worse record than every PM since David Lloyd George.

People desperate for social housing are being hit hardest, Labour’s report reveals.

Just 10,920 homes were built for social rent last year, while only one home is being built for every nine sold through Thatcher’s right to buy scheme.

If that continues, just 2,062 genuinely affordable homes for social rent will be built by 2020 — a decrease of 94 per cent since 2010.

The Morning Star twice called the government yesterday to give them a chance to defend its record, but did not receive a response.

“Ministers spent the last parliament blaming Labour,” Mr Healey added.

“This won’t wash now. The Tories have their own track record in government, which is five years of failure.”