Cast boss says Help to Buy should be used to promote housing innovation

By Will Ing2019-03-06T06:00:00

Mark Farmer was sitting before the housing select committee

Cast chief executive Mark Farmer has told MPs the current Help to Buy is a missed opportunity to promote modern methods of construction and better quality homes.

Farmer, who led an independent government review into construction’s labour market in 2016, said: “At the moment the Help to Buy policy is being used in a fairly indiscriminate way – some would say a slightly unintelligent way.”

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