We need to build more homes. The original target, set in 2015, was to build 1,000,000 by the end of this parliament. This has now been replaced with a commitment to deliver 1,500,000 new homes by 2022. Housing has not been a Government priority, leaving the construction, for the most part, to the private sector. That said, in the 2016/17 financial year, the government did build 217,000 new homes, hitting it’s target for the first time - an increase of 15% from last year and 74% on four years ago. At the same time, affordable housing remained low – 41,530, about 19% of the total built last year....
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