The number of public homes built has fallen by 20.7%,
compared to a 5.8% increase in private housebuilding. The latest release on
construction output in Britain from the Office for National Statistics (ONS)
shows in April public housebuilding fell by 20.7% compared to April 2015,
whereas private new housing increased by 5.8% in the same period. The ONS said
this is the twelfth year of decreases in public housebuilding. Overall
housebuilding increased by 0.9% compared to April 2015. The ONS defines public
housing as local authority schemes, hostels, older people’s homes, orphanages
and children’s remand homes for juvenile offenders. Download the figures from
the ONS website.
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