Pragmatix

October 2021
Mark Pragnell, Pragmatix Advisory, and Chloe Fletcher, Policy Director, NFA.

Chancellor Rishi Sunak is at this very moment shaping the economic stimulus packages that will – we hope – drive our post-pandemic recovery over the next three years. A re-imagined housing market that gives councils and their housebuilding capacity their rightful role in the economy should be a key part of that. This post first appeared on LGCplus.com.

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More than two million UK households will be on waiting lists and in dire housing need by this time next year, says an independent report published today .
Commissioned by the National Federation of ALMOs, the Local Government Association and the Association of Retained Council Housing, Building post-pandemic prosperity shows that giving councils the powers and funding to meet a third of the government’s current target of 300,000 new homes year would actually improve the public finances – over 30 years, by £24.5 billion.

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