Housebuilders facing axe from Help to Buy if quality not up to scratch

By Jordan Marshall2019-06-27T11:49:00

Housing secretary says government is looking at ‘quality requirements’

Housebuilders may be forced to sign up to a code of conduct that would mandate a certain quality of build if they want to benefit from the rejigged Help to Buy.

In an interview with The Times, James Brokenshire, the housing secretary, said that the government was lookinging into “codes of practice” or “quality requirements” that housebuilders would be required to meet to access the revised scheme.

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