More than 300,000 planned new homes may remain on the
drawing board over the next five years, deepening the UK’s housing crisis, as a
result of the coronavirus pandemic, new research predicts. Stalled construction and the recession will slash the
number of new homes being built, with 85,000 predicted to be lost this
financial year, according to a study by the property agency Savills with the
housing charity Shelter. Construction of the cheapest social housing could fall
to a “catastrophic” low of 4,300 units annually. Read more on the Guardian
website.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jun/30/coronavirus-slump-could-delay-building-of-300000-homes
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