Pennycook ‘convinced’ 1.5 million homes are deliverable but won’t commit to annual targets

By Olivia Barber2024-11-21T09:30:00

Housing minster tells MPs he can’t provide a figure for the number of affordable or social rent homes to be delivered within the 1.5 million homes target

Matthew Pennycook has told a committee of MPs that he is convinced the government can deliver its 1.5 million new homes target over this parliament, calling it “essential”, due to the lack of affordable housing and 1.3 million people in the UK on social housing waiting lists.

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