Government figures showing the supply of homes at a near
30-year peak failed to address major concerns around housing affordability and
quality, according to a major charity. The Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE)
acknowledged the latest figures, showing 241,130 “net additions” to England’s
housing stock in the 12 months to March 2019, were good news for those looking
to get on the housing ladder. But it warned the headline numbers “masked the
question of whether those homes are affordable to the people who need them, are
of a standard that people would want to live in or will even be occupied on a
permanent basis by anybody”. Read more on the Housing Today website.
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