HCA Hits Completion Targets

The Homes and Communities Agency has exceeded its target for affordable housing completions for 2011/12, while the number of starts continues to lag behind previous years’ totals. There were 51,665 affordable housing completions in England, out of a total of 59,451 homes, exceeding the HCA’s targets by more than 15,000.  HCA chief executive Pat Ritchie said the figures showed the agency was ‘making a significant impact on boosting the supply of affordable homes’.  However, the number of starts in 2011/12 (15,698) was less than a third of last year’s total (49,363).  The HCA has committed to deliver 170,000 new affordable homes through its 2011/15 development programme.  View the statistics on the HCA website.