Homes England achieved the highest number of housing completions
for six years in 2025/26 and outperformed against two of its
three government set targets, preliminary figures show.
The government's housing and regeneration agency, working in
close collaboration with thousands of regional and national
stakeholders:
- enabled the completion of more than 40,200 homes, up 9% on
2024/25 (36,900) and a 97% achievement against the latest
government target (41,500).
- facilitated the start of construction for an additional
42,400 homes, up 11% on 2024/25 (38,300), and a 114% achievement
against the latest government target (37,100).
- unlocked land capable of delivering 61,7008 further homes, a
115% achievement against the latest government target (53,700).
The figures represent a snapshot of progress during a pivotal
year of change for the agency including the launch of its new
Strategic Plan to 2030, setting out new support to partners
including more tailored support, flexibility, longer-term funding
and the ability to support delivery at scale.
Delivering on the plan at pace, key agency developments in 2026
have so far included:
- Completion of hundreds of millions of pounds investments,
aiming to support the delivery of thousands of new homes across
the country.
- Launch of a new regionally focused operating model,
strengthening collaboration with Mayors, local leaders and
partners and ensuring tailored solutions for housing and
regeneration reflect local priorities, building on 10 strategic
place partnerships the agency has with combined authorities
across the country.
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Launch of the £27.2 billion Social and Affordable Homes
Programme (SAHP) 2026-2036 (excluding London) to accelerate
the delivery of hundreds of thousands of new homes for social
rent, affordable rent and shared ownership, helping to meet
housing need while creating thriving, sustainable
communities.
- Launch of the National Housing Bank, a Homes England company,
which will work with house builders, developers, investors and
registered providers to deploy up to £16 billion of debt, equity
and guarantees.
- Launch of the agency's wider Investment Prospectus, setting
our investment principles, themes and criteria, alongside the
products and interventions available to partner organisations
including the National Housing Delivery Fund.
Pat Ritchie CBE, Chair of Homes England, said:
These figures tell the story of the positive impact of
collaboration - when organisations with a common aim, from
communities to town halls to central government, work together to
deliver the new homes and thriving places that people want and
need across the country.
Agency colleagues are not just experts but enablers and
collaborators within this context. Our new regional operating
model, which is embedding at pace, deepens the tailored support
we can provide to local leaders with a clear vision for their
communities, and I expect 2026/27 to be a year of even stronger
collaboration for the benefit of people across England.
Amy Rees CB, Chief Executive of Homes England, said:
I am proud of what the agency and its many partners achieved in
2025/26, but our ambition is to go further and faster. Our new
funds and greater autonomy, including the National Housing Bank
and the Social and Affordable Homes Programme, equip us to do
this at pace and provide the sector – from SME builders to global
investors - with flexibility and long-term confidence to invest
and deliver homes and regenerated places that are desperately
needed.
The provisional performance figures are part of Homes England's
annual report, which will be published this summer.
Notes to editors:
- ‘Unlocked' refers to land that is capable of delivering
homes.
- Homes England is the government's housing and regeneration
agency. We're here to drive the creation of more affordable,
quality homes and thriving places so that everyone has a place to
live and grow. We make this happen by working in
partnership with thousands of organisations of all sizes, using
our powers, expertise, land, capital and influence to bring
investment to communities and get more quality homes built.
Link to learn more about
Homes England.
- Figures in the press release are rounded to the nearest 100
for ease of understanding. Exact figures are below, with the
exception of starts and completions delivered in 2025/26, which
will be published as official statistics at the end of June. All
2025/26 figures in this release are provisional management
information and may be subject to change following further
validation.
- 36,872 (2024/25 completions delivered)
- 41,521 (2025/26 completions target)
- 38,308 (2024/25 starts delivered)
- 37,141 (2025/26 starts target)
- 61,744 (2025/26 housing unlocked delivered)
- 79,011 (2024/25 housing unlocked delivered)
- 53,727 (2025/26 housing unlocked target)
