Our new report, with the 1.5m Home Campaign is now out: housingforum.org.uk/wp-content/u...
It reveals the top 10 things councils believe hold them back from delivering more homes. Viability and funding top the list.

The Building Safety Regulator's slow decision making and high number of refusals at 'Gateway 2' are grinding housebuilding to a halt in London especially.

And new evidence is starting to emerge of similar delays at Gateway 3 - which is is after the new homes are built, and ready to occupy:

And there are some things we called where there's been little progress as yet. There's also the big newly-emerging issue that we flag which is the huge delays with the Building Safety Regulator - something we understand the Government is trying to address.

There are some areas where there's been progress made, but there's still more to do:

There's a long list of achievements where the Government should be really proud of having done so much in just one year

199,300 new homes were built last year - leaving 1.3m for Government to meet their target. Delivery will need to ramp up.

A year into the new parliament, we've looked back at the things we identified last year to see what's been done, and what's still to do.

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We're delighted to see that Government has listened to calls from across the housing sector.

Exempting newbuild from the Right to Buy will help give councils the confidence to get building again.

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Fining developers for slow build-out rates could have a range of unintended consequences:

What are you hoping to see in next week's Spending Review?

Here are our key asks for the housing sector:

The Net Zero Transition Plan for new homes has been published today by the Future Homes Hub. irp.cdn-website.com/bdbb2d99/fil... setting out a possible trajectory to decarbonising new homes, and what needs to happen to get there.

We have submitted feedback on government priorities, ahead of the Spring Spending Review.

The Government faces tough fiscal choices – but spending on housing will support growth, reduce future costs (welfare, healthcare) and is essential to deliver the Government’s ambition of 1.5 million homes.

And on retention of existing planners:

On recruitment of people into planning as a career:

What does the housing sector want to see from tomorrow's Budget?
- Funds for social housing
- A better resourced planning system
- Financial support to make brownfield sites viable
- Long term visibility of grant funding & rental income for social landlords
- Targeted support for first time buyers

Construction costs are around £133,000, but that's only part of the total costs of building even the most straightforward average-sized 3 bed house. (All these figures exclude land values.)

BREAKING | Government will need to build 450,000 new homes in a year by 2029 to meet 1.5 million new homes target.

Our road map to 1.5 million new homes, identifies a policy timeline for the government to meet their target of 1.5 million new homes.

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