- Goal of 300,000 new homes a year further away than ever, says Barker
- The original report made 36 recommendations, only 11 have been fully implemented
Amid all the evidence of a housing crisis, the UK is only getting further from catching up: the value of new housing projects moving on site in the first quarter was 28 per cent lower than the same period last year, dragged down by a lack of new starts, according to data provider Glenigan.
Private housing projects fell by around a quarter, and social housing starts were down 40 per cent. The prior-year period was also weak, with starts down in value by 12 per cent on the first quarter of 2022.