The Government came to power in June 2024 having pledged to ‘get Britain building again’ and deliver 1.5 million new homes this parliament. The Housing Forum shares the Government’s ambitions and our members are keen to ramp up delivery of much-needed new homes. In 2024 we published our Roadmap to 1.5 million new homes: What does the Government need to do and when?.
One year on, Roadmap to 1.5 million new homes: One year in – reviews progress and sets out what we believe is still needed.
Chair of The Housing Forum, Stephen Teagle, said:
The Government should be applauded for an unprecedented focus in its first year on putting the building blocks in place to enable new housing to be delivered. The strong progress on planning and on giving the social housing sector more security of long-term funding are welcome and vitally needed to enable us to deliver more homes and sustain the quality of our communities. We will now work closely with MHCLG on unblocking the delays at the Building Safety Regulator and rolling out the Future Homes Standards. The housing sector must now grasp the opportunity, find ways to overcome remaining challenges and build the homes that are needed for the future.