The UK’s statistics watchdog will open talks with
government officials to improve the clarity of numbers used to track its
much-vaunted ‘million homes’ target. Ministers had previously promised to
“build” a million new homes over the life of this parliament, but last month
revealed the government would use “net additions” figures to measure this
progress. Net additions figures include conversions from offices and larger
homes, and are routinely higher than measures of new building. Ministers also
pushed the timescale out for meeting the pledge to December 2020, meaning it
needs 174,000 net additions each year to hit the target – 16,000 below the
190,000 recorded in 2015/16. Read more on Inside Housing.
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