The Budget came and went, and while there might not have been anything in it to rejoice about as a housing market industry stakeholder, there was certainly plenty to furrow the brow and wonder whether the announcements we heard were actually anything new or just a repeat of those already made.
Rishi Sunak made a fairly big deal about the ‘new’ £24bn housing settlement but I believe the £11.5bn announced for 180,000 ‘new’ affordable homes was announced by the previous Housing Secretary.
Perhaps of more interest, especially given recent Government announcements in this area, will be just how energy efficient those 180,000 new homes will be? After all, the pressure is on to meet the net zero carbon emission target and we don’t really seem to have started tackling the UK housing stock – one of the biggest sources of emissions.
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