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Home Builders Federation @homebuildersfed.bsky.social · 10h

🔸Rob Lane
🔸David O'Leary
🔸Gráinne Gilmore
🔸Richard Donnell
🔸David Smith, Economics Editor, The Sunday Times
🔸Darryl Stewart
🔸Bukky Bird
🔸Edward Lockhart-Mummery
🔸Marian Spain, Chief Executive, Natural England
🔸Mark White

Home Builders Federation @homebuildersfed.bsky.social · 10h

We’re pleased to be in the room at this year’s Housing Market Intelligence Conference 🏡📈📉

Looking forward to hearing from this year’s impressive line up of speakers & panellists 👇
🔸 Neil Jefferson
🔸Justin Webb, Presenter of The Today Programme
🔸 Paul Johnson
🔸Matthew Spry
🔸Eleanor Deeley
🔸Greg Hill

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Home Builders Federation @homebuildersfed.bsky.social · 1d

A new event for 2025, the HBF Winter Party reimagines the spirit of the long-running HBF Ball – with a modern twist ❄️ 🪩
Taking place on 28 November at the Intercontinental Park Lane, join us for a festive evening of celebration.
Book now – tables of 10 or 12 are also available
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Home Builders Federation @homebuildersfed.bsky.social · 2d

Without greater acceptance of the use of cascade mechanisms in Section 106 agreements, the gap between housing supply and ambitious government targets is set to widen further.

Home Builders Federation @homebuildersfed.bsky.social · 2d

An estimated 8,500 units currently under construction or due to be built in the next 12 months are not currently under contract with a Register Provider…

…and therefore risk standing empty and stalling the completion of sites across the country.

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Home Builders Federation @homebuildersfed.bsky.social · 2d

How many Affordable Homes currently under construction or due to start in the next 12 months are currently uncontracted?
We’ve done the research.

And the findings are concerning – but, unfortunately, unsurprising for industry.

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Home Builders Federation @homebuildersfed.bsky.social · 5d

Our panellists will explore the barriers to ownership and how to overcome them👇
🔸Paul Holmes MP
🔸Neil Jefferson, Home Builders Federation
🔸Eve Norridge, Onward
🔸Lizzie Hacking, Next Gen Tories

... The session will be chaired by Angus Parsad-Wyatt, Director of Political Engagement, Total Politics

Home Builders Federation @homebuildersfed.bsky.social · 5d

The dream of home ownership is slipping further out of reach for many. We're hosting a fringe event at Conservative Party Conference next Monday: 'From Dream to Reality: Making Home Ownership Attainable for First-Time Buyers

🗓️ 6 October
📍 ConservativeHome Theatre
⏰ 1-2pm

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Home Builders Federation @homebuildersfed.bsky.social · 6d

This sustained drop in both starts and approvals points to a worsening supply crisis in the years ahead.

Read the full Mind the Gap report 👉 buff.ly/r1Y9smK

Mind the Gap

This report from the Home Builders Federation (HBF) looks at the recent housing supply and affordability data in London, setting out the scale of the challenge for the Government and Mayor of London…

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Home Builders Federation @homebuildersfed.bsky.social · 6d

In the 12 months to June 2025:

🏗️ Only 996 projects were granted approval in London, the lowest level since records began in 2006

🏘️ Just 40,800 new homes received planning permission across the city, 5% lower than the year before

Mind the Gap

This report from the Home Builders Federation (HBF) looks at the recent housing supply and affordability data in London, setting out the scale of the challenge for the Government and Mayor of London…

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Home Builders Federation @homebuildersfed.bsky.social · 6d

📉 Housing delivery in London is slowing and future supply is under serious threat.

New residential starts in the capital fell by 38% between 2022/23 and 2023/24.

At the same time, planning approvals continue to decline in the city, painting a bleak outlook for future housing supply.

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Home Builders Federation @homebuildersfed.bsky.social · 7d

❌More than 700 sites have been delayed or stalled in the past three years due to developers’ inability to secure an RP to acquire the Affordable Homes.

Home Builders Federation @homebuildersfed.bsky.social · 7d

❌Around 8,500 Section 106 Affordable Homes that are either under construction or due to commence construction within the next 12 months are not currently contracted.

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Home Builders Federation @homebuildersfed.bsky.social · 7d

❌An estimated 900 completed Section 106 Affordable Housing units remain empty due to the absence of a contract with a Registered Provider.

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Home Builders Federation @homebuildersfed.bsky.social · 7d

Just how much impact is the lack of bids from Registered Providers having on housing delivery nationally?

With anecdotal reports from members that the issue shows little sign of abating, we undertook an FOI exercise to determine if any progress has been made.

Here’s what we found 👇

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Home Builders Federation @homebuildersfed.bsky.social · 9d

Therefore, removing the funding for those over 21 is entirely at odds with Government's ambition to build 1.5million homes in this Parliament.

Read the letter
✉️ 👉https://buff.ly/OE0QU84

Letter to Matthew Pennycook MP, Minister for Housing and Planning | Championing the power of planning

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Home Builders Federation @homebuildersfed.bsky.social · 9d

Level 7 apprenticeships provide a crucial pathway into the planning profession for many, therefore limiting access to it will undermine private and public sector resource.

Lack of capacity within local planning teams is already a significant constraint to increasing housing delivery.

Letter to Matthew Pennycook MP, Minister for Housing and Planning | Championing the power of planning

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Home Builders Federation @homebuildersfed.bsky.social · 9d

We’ve signed a letter to Housing Minister Matthew Pennycook calling for £6.8million in funding to support apprenticeship planners. From January, levy funding for Level 7 apprenticeships will be restricted to 16-to 21-year-olds. This could result in 200 fewer planners entering the workforce a year.

Letter to Matthew Pennycook MP, Minister for Housing and Planning | Championing the power of planning

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Home Builders Federation @homebuildersfed.bsky.social · 9d

🏠 House price-to-earnings ratio in London: 11

🏠 National average: 7.7

To afford a deposit, a typical first-time buyer would need to save 50% of their discretionary income for more than 13 years, with average deposits now almost 7 times post-bills income.

Our recommendations 👉 buff.ly/r1Y9smK

Mind the Gap

This report from the Home Builders Federation (HBF) looks at the recent housing supply and affordability data in London, setting out the scale of the challenge for the Government and Mayor of London…

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Home Builders Federation @homebuildersfed.bsky.social · 9d

Intervention is desperately needed to support first-time buyers, with Londoners facing the biggest barriers to home ownership in the country.

The average cost of a first home in the capital is now 17x the net annual salary of a 22–29-year-old.

... pushing homeownership further out of reach

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Home Builders Federation @homebuildersfed.bsky.social · 10d

“If we’re to hit the 1.5 million, as an ambitious target, we’ll only do it with devolution”
🎤 Steve Rotheram, Mayor of the Liverpool City Region

At #LabourConference today our panel explored what the English devolution agenda means for the Government’s target of 1.5 million new homes🏗️

Home Builders Federation @homebuildersfed.bsky.social · 12d

And we’re off! 🚀

We're at the North West Home Building Careers Fair at Haydock Park this morning.

With around 500 students expected through the doors, we're looking forward to introducing them to the wide range of opportunities in home building. 🏡

Home Builders Federation @homebuildersfed.bsky.social · 13d

Funded by CITB as part of the Home Building Sector Skills Plan, the sessions will provide subcontractors with valuable guidance from NHBC site inspectors to help reduce rework and support continual development.

Book a free masterclass for your site
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Dry Lining Masterclass in-company

We provide practical skills and knowledge on common dry lining issues identified by our inspection teams, helping dry liners get things right the first time, saving costs and improving productivity.

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Home Builders Federation @homebuildersfed.bsky.social · 13d

📣 Suitable for anyone working as a plasterer or dry liner....

NHBC’s new 90-minute Dry Lining Masterclass provides a quick, practical way to upskill subcontractors without cost to you or them.

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Home Builders Federation @homebuildersfed.bsky.social · 14d

Join us at Labour Conference this Sunday for a timely panel on the Government's ‘devolution revolution’

🗓️ Sunday 28 September
📍 Room 4A, ACC Liverpool
⏰ 2.45pm to 3.45pm

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