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Stats: Increase in affordable housing delivered in 2018

25.11.2019

Laura Edgar

affordable housing | England | Housing | mhclg

Government statistics show that 57,485 affordable homes were delivered in England in 2018/19, which is 22 per cent more that the number delivered a year earlier.

9% increase in net dwellings

15.11.2019

Laura Edgar

England | Housing | housing supply | mhclg | permitted development

New government statistics have shown that annual housing supply in England amounted to 241,130 net additional dwellings in 2018/19, up from 222,190 in 2017/18.

Starter homes policy flops and delivers no homes

05.11.2019

Huw Morris

A flagship government policy to build 200,000 homes for first-time buyers has resulted in no homes being built, according to Whitehall’s spending watchdog.

Extra government funding to tackle rogue landlords

04.11.2019

Huw Morris

An additional £4 million has been released by the government to help council enforcement teams crack down on criminal landlords.

Lewes wins government U-turn on housing delivery test

29.10.2019

Huw Morris

England | Housing | Lewes District Council | mhclg

The government has backed down over its housing delivery test for Lewes District Council in the face of a legal challenge by the local authority.

Statistics point to a small decline in green belt area

21.10.2019

Laura Edgar

England | Green Belt | mhclg | Policy & Politics

There was a 3,290-hectare (0.2 per cent) decrease in the area of green belt land between 31 March 2018 and 31 March 2019, according to statistics published by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG).

News report: Housing statistics - do they stack up?

08.10.2019

Huw Morris

Boris Johnson | England | Housing | mhclg | National Housing Federation

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has promised to tackle the housing divide. Huw Morris looks at official figures and finds a chasm

New-build starts decreased in June quarter

03.10.2019

Laura Edgar

England | Housing | housing completions | housing starts | mhclg

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) statistics show that there was an 8 per cent decline in the number of homes started in the three months to June 2019 compared with the previous year.

Small decline in planning applications granted

25.09.2019

Laura Edgar

England | Housing | mhclg | residential

District-level planning authorities granted 91,700 decisions between April and June 2019 – a 3 per cent decline compared with the same quarter a year earlier.

Slight year-on-year decrease in Right to Buy sales

23.09.2019

Laura Edgar

England | Housing | mhclg | Right to Buy

Local authorities sold an estimated 2,313 homes under the Right to Buy scheme between April and June 2019 (Q1), according to latest Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) statistics.

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