Article 69888 England’s new housing supply likely to fall to lowest level in decades, study says

England’s new housing supply likely to fall to lowest level in decades, study says

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Kiran Stacey Political correspondent
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Home Builders Federation warns planning policy changes will result in government meeting less than half its annual target

Housebuilding in England is due to fall to its lowest level since the second world war, according to an analysis by the Home Builders Federation (HBF), owing to a range of government policies that threaten to dramatically slow development.

The study says the supply of new housing is likely to fall below 120,000 homes annually over the coming years, less than half of the government's target, as a result of changes to planning policy and what developers say is over-strict enforcement of environmental regulations.

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