The amount of money spent on building new homes in the
social housing sector increased by nearly 11% in December but repairs and
maintenance spend fell by 6.6%. The
Office for National Statistics’ figures for December found that £587m was spent
on delivering new homes in the social housing sector across the month, up by
10.9% when compared with November. The spend across December 2018 also marked a
year-on-year increase, up 4.6% when compared with December 2017. The rise in
public housing new build spend contrasted with private housing output, which
saw a drop of 6.8% on November, and 4.6% when compared with December 2017. Read
more on Inside Housing.
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