A new report recognises “widespread doubt” across the
sector that government housing targets can be met – with a lack of suitable
sites and continuing delays to the planning process hampering delivery. The
2018-2022 Social Housing Construction and Maintenance Market Report – published
by AMA Research also references a “much-reduced role” for the social housing
sector in newbuild housing. Funding for affordable housing has fallen in recent
years and housing providers are now expected to build homes for sale and rent
at full market prices, and using the profits to provide a smaller portfolio of
social homes, the report says. Read more on 24housing.
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