Government should ditch 1.5m homes target, says housing association boss

By Carl Brown2025-06-27T12:02:00

Nick Atkin warns insistence on ramping up delivery in short term will “artificially skew” the Affordable Homes Programme and push up construction inflation

Government should ditch its manifesto pledge to build 1.5m homes by the end of the parliament and instead focus on building up capacity and skills to deliver over a longer time period, an influential housing leader has said.

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