Chancellor Rachel Reeves has announced an injection of £2 billion for affordable housing with plans to fund 18,000 social homes, as part of her Spring budget announcement.
“This is a significant investment and sends a clear signal of the commitment to addressing the challenges of the national housing shortage,” comments Andrew Orriss, CEO at STA.
“What we need to be mindful of is the delivery of this housebuilding and the scale needed. This is where offsite manufacture and low carbon structural timber has an essential role to play.”
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