The party has promised 1.5 million new homes during this term. Is that a realistic target, asks Sean O’Grady
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The party has promised 1.5 million new homes during this term. Is that a realistic target, asks Sean O’Grady
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an Labour solve the housing crisis? There’s some doubt. The Home Builders Federation (HBF), a trade body, has told the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) that the official target of 1.5 million new homes by the end of the current parliament is “extremely ambitious” without further changes to policy.
The 1.5m homes target means building an average of 300,000 new homes a year – a figure not achieved since the 1970s
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