The government has released in its first ever ‘assessments of housing delivery’. This shows that 108 councils are falling short of the 95% delivery of assessed need with 86 required to add more land for housing to local plans as a result. Councils that deliver between 85% and 95% of assessed need must develop an… View Article
Housing associations are warning of significant slowdowns of private and shared ownership sales. Nationally the number of unsold housing association homes has soared to more than 7,000. Notting Hill Genesis has indicated that it has a combined total of 400 unsold homes and is exploring the potential for converting the shared ownership homes into rental… View Article
Over the past year, the housing sector has seen the production of several high-profile reviews and reports, including the Governments Social Housing Green paper, the Shelter commission which called for 3.1 million new social homes and a new regulator. The latest of these, the Affordable Housing Commission is to be chaired by Lord Richard Best…. View Article