Councils Still Face Numerous Barriers To Building Homes

Councils still face a number of obstacles to building more homes despite hopes that lifting the HRA cap would result in a development spree, new research has found. When the borrowing caps that restricted council house-building were lifted a year ago, the government said it heralded “a new generation of council homes,” but a new report by the Chartered Institute of Housing, National Federation of ALMOs and the Association of Retained Council Housing show councils still face obstacles to building more homes. Download the report from the CIH website.

http://www.cih.org/resources/PDF/Policy%20free%20download%20pdfs/LA%20New%20Build%20Report%20Jan20.pdf

Ambitious Plan To Build The Homes Britain Needs

The government has introduced bold new plans to fix the broken housing market and build more homes across England. These include;

·         measures to reduce the obstacles to house building and help local authorities, developers and SME builders build the homes Britain needs

·         sensible measures to improve affordability and protections for renters and home purchasers

·         Sajid Javid sets out “ambitious proposals to help fix the housing market so that more ordinary working people from across the country can have the security of a decent place to live

Download the white paper from the CLG website.