Communities Secretary Rt Hon MP has welcomed figures
published today (15 November 2018) showing over 222,000 new homes
were delivered in 2017/18.
This represents the highest level of new homes
delivered across England in all but one of the last 31
years and brings the total number of additional homes
delivered since 2010 to 1.3 million.
Today’s figures demonstrate more desperately needed homes are
being delivered - a vital step in ensuring the housing market
works for everyone - and that we are on track to deliver 300,000
homes a year by the mid-2020s.
This year’s increase follows significant Government reforms,
including more streamlined planning rules
and more investment into the Affordable Homes
Programme.
To ensure we continue to build the homes needed, the Government
has a comprehensive programme of targeted investment, planning
reform and other measures.
This includes removing the biggest barrier to councils
building homes, the Housing Revenue Account borrowing cap –
freeing up councils to deliver a new generation of council
housing – up to an estimated 10,000 homes a year.
Communities Secretary Rt Hon MP said:
“Today’s figures are great news and show another yearly increase
in the number of new homes delivered, but we are determined to do
more to keep us on track to deliver the homes communities need.
“That’s why we have set out an ambitious package of measures
to deliver 300,000 homes a year by the mid-2020s. This includes
over £44 billion investment, rewriting the planning rules and
scrapping the borrowing cap so councils can deliver a new
generation of council housing.”
Further information
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· See
the new supply of housing
statistics published today
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· The
222,190 net additions over the past year resulted from: 195,290
new build homes, 29,720 gains from change of use between
non-domestic and residential, 4,550 from conversions between
houses and flats and 680 other gains – this has been offset by
8,050 demolitions.
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· The
publication also includes separate data on additions and losses
from the stock of communal accommodation: In 2017-18, there was a
net increase of 2,270 communal student accommodation units and a
net increase of 420 other communal accommodation units, bringing
the total net increase to 2,690. These figures are not included
in the main net additions figures.
