Government's housebuilding target in danger of becoming a 'pipedream'

By Hamish Champ2018-11-15T12:22:00

DCLG data shows net additional housing grew by just 2% in 2017/18

Experts have warned the government’s goal of building 300,000 new homes a year risks becoming a pipedream as new figures showed net additional housing in 2017/18 grew by just 2% to 222,190 units.

With prime minister Theresa May fighting for her political life and to convince both Parliament and her own party of the merits of her Brexit deal amid a spate of resignations, including that of Brexit secretary Dominic Raab and pensions minister Esther McVey, the government published data to show there were 195,290 new homes built in 2017/18, up 6.4% on the previous year.

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