Pandemic sees housebuilding plummet to lowest level in five years

By Joey Gardiner2021-11-26T10:21:00

First official data on net additions shows extent of hit to housebuilding from 2020 lockdown

Housing completions fell to their lowest level for five years in the covid-hit year to March, according to the first comprehensive official figures covering the period.

Figures published today by the Department for Levelling Up Housing and Communities showed that there were 216,490 net additional dwellings created in the 2020/21 year – a period which covered the first initial covid lockdown in spring 2020 – a drop of more than 26,000 on the 2019/20 numbers.

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