A report by the Home Builders Foundation, whose members
include the UK’s biggest housebuilders, highlighted that 170,000 households
have used the scheme since its launch in 2013 and of these 81% were first time
buyers. “It is quite clear that the Help to Buy scheme has been an unmitigated
success and has delivered handsomely on all its objectives,” said Stewart
Baseley, chair of the HBF. The HBF said it is estimated the scheme has helped around
246,000 people get on the housing ladder and rejected the idea it is helped
more people on higher incomes than intended. Last year the median household
income for those using the scheme was £49,000. The UK’s overall median
household in 2017 was £27,300. Read more on the HBF website.
Green spaces should be the norm for all new housing developments in
England, guidelines say
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Experts say big flaw is the lack of mandatory requirements, meaning
developers could ignore the guidance
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