Housing Plan Fails To Deliver A Single Home In Three Years

A flagship government programme to deliver 200,000 discounted new homes to first-time buyers is yet to see a single one built. The 2014 Starter Home initiative was touted as part of “a major push” to help people on the housing ladder, but officials admit delivering any properties under the scheme remains an “ambition”. It promised to achieve its target by pushing councils and developers to bring forward unused land and build on old industrial sites. The initiative’s lack of progress also comes as Labour claimed Conservative spending plans since 2010 have stripped £20bn out of UK housebuilding projects, robbing the country of an extra 280,000 homes. Read more on the Independent website.

Research Reveals The Future Of Social Housing

Working with the NHS, using artificial intelligence, providing other types of rented housing, and using more modern methods of construction are the key opportunities for housing associations to ensure social housing survives. These are some of the findings from the London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) after Flagship commissioned research into what the social housing provider of the future might look like. Their main conclusions also suggest that in ten years’ time, social landlords will almost certainly face a more difficult environment, and the housing sector will become more diverse. Download the report from the Flagship website.