Support off-site production to meet your targets, housing associations tell government

By Hamish Champ2018-06-25T06:00:00

Report calls on Homes England to invest if associations are to meet ambitious build targets

Government must help housing associations ramp up their off-site manufacturing capabilities if they are to build the 80,000 to 100,000 homes a year needed to meet annual targets of 300,000 units, according to a new report.

The document from the Future Shape of the Sector Commission – founded last year by housing associations Clarion Housing Group, L&Q and Network Homes and chaired by former Cabinet Secretary Lord Turnbull – argued that for associations to meet such a target would require government support and a fundamental rethink of how new technology, such as off-site production, would be used.

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