Accredited official statistics

Housing Statistics December 2023, accessible version

Updated 15 December 2023

Applies to England

1 April 2023 – 30 September 2023

Published 14 December 2023

1. Key results

1.1 In the six-month period from 1 April to 30 September 2023 there were 11,530 housing starts on site and 11,297 housing completions delivered through programmes managed by Homes England in England (excluding London for all programmes except those administered by Homes England on behalf of the Greater London Authority (GLA)). Levels of starts and completions were lower than in the same period of 2022-23 and this is attributable to the on-going effects of the economic downturn on the housebuilding industry.

1.2 Homes England manages the Help to Buy (Equity Loan) scheme in England, however, the completions are reported by the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) (formerly the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG)). These statistics are available from the webpage linked below [footnote 1] and are excluded from this publication.

1.3 9,927 of housing starts on site in the six-month period to 30 September 2023 (representing 86 per cent of all starts) were for affordable homes. This represents a decrease of 10 per cent on the 11,036 affordable homes started in the same period of the previous year. The Shared Ownership and Affordable Homes Programme (SOAHP) 2016-21, whilst formally closed to new business, has the second six months of 2023-24 to deliver remaining starts [footnote 2].

1.4 Of the affordable homes started in the first six months of 2023-24, 1,058 were for Affordable Rent, a decrease of 51 per cent on the 2,162 started in the first six months of 2022-23. A further 1,182 were for Intermediate Affordable Housing schemes, including Shared Ownership and Rent to Buy. This is a decrease of 32 per cent on the 1,737 started in the first half of the previous year. 722 were for Social Rent, a decrease of 14 per cent on the 837 started in the first half of the previous year.  In addition, a further 6,965 affordable homes were started with the tenure to be confirmed [footnote 3], an increase of 11 per cent on the 6,300 started in the same period of 2022-23.  The programmes delivering the highest proportion of affordable starts were: AHP 2021-26 with 73 per cent (up from 64 per cent); the Shared Ownership and Affordable Homes Programme (SOAHP) 2016-21 with 25 per cent (down from 28 per cent); and the Home Building Fund – Short Term Fund (HBF-STF) with 2 per cent (no change).

1.5 7,831 or 69 per cent of housing completions in the first six months of 2023-24 were for affordable homes. This represents a decrease of 1 per cent on the 7,905 affordable homes completed in the same period of the previous year.

1.6 Of the affordable homes completed in the first half of 2023-24, 3,092 were for Affordable Rent, a decrease of 16 per cent on the 3,677 completed in the same period of the previous year. A further 3,084 were for Intermediate Affordable Housing schemes, including Shared Ownership and Rent to Buy, an increase of 1 per cent on 3,063.  1,174 were for Social Rent, a 4 per cent increase on 1,125. The remaining 481 were for First Homes [footnote 4], an increase of 1,103 per cent on 40. The highest delivering programmes were: the SOAHP 2016-21 with 46 per cent (down from 75 per cent); the AHP 2021-26 with 36 per cent (up from 15 per cent); and First Homes with 6 per cent (up from 0.4 per cent).

2. Introduction

Geographical coverage

This release presents the housing starts on site and housing completions delivered by Homes England between 1 April 2009 and 30 September 2023 in England excluding London (for both the current and historical series [footnote 5] with the exception of the Build to Rent (BtR), Builders Finance Fund (BFF), Get Britain Building (GBB), the Home Building Fund – Short Term Fund (HBF-STF) and the Levelling Up – Home Building Fund (LU-HBF) programmes which are administered by Homes England on behalf of the Greater London Authority (GLA) and where delivery covers all of England including London.

Purposes and uses

2.2 The figures in this release show the supply of affordable and market housing delivered through Homes England’s programmes [footnote 6] except for Help to Buy (Equity Loan scheme), the statistics for which are published quarterly by DLUHC [footnote 7].  Further details on housing types are available in section 5 of the technical notes document accompanying this release [footnote 8]. DLUHC also publishes annual statistics on affordable housing supply in England [footnote 9] showing the gross annual supply of affordable homes, irrespective of funding mechanism. Further information on the Affordable Housing Supply and Help to Buy releases is provided in section 6 of the technical notes document.

2.3 The data in this release are used by DLUHC to monitor delivery of affordable homes as part of the DLUHC business plan (see paragraph 6.3 in the technical notes). Homes England uses the data to measure progress towards commitments made in its published Strategic Plan [footnote 10] and its Annual Business Plan. Local authorities also use the data when compiling their annual return to DLUHC for the purpose of calculating the enhancement for affordable housing under the New Homes Bonus (NHB), a grant for local authorities to incentivise new housing supply.

What is included in this release?

2.4 This is the first release of data relating to delivery for the six-month period ending 30 September 2023 and covers all current and historical programmes delivered by Homes England (summarised in Annex 1). These include the acquisition of existing land or property as well as new house building, and some programmes that provide a mix of affordable and market housing. Affordable housing may be for home ownership (on Shared Ownership or Rent to Buy terms) or for rent.

2.5 Housing starts on site and housing completions are reported for each programme, where applicable.

2.6 A programme breakdown of the data is available in Table 1 of the tables accompanying this release [footnote 11]. Further information on the accompanying tables is provided in section 4 of this release. Table A of the latest annual statistics on affordable housing supply in England published by DLUHC [footnote 12] shows how Homes England’s programmes relate to the statistics on affordable housing published by DLUHC.

How is new subsidised housing provided?

2.7 Affordable homes delivered through Homes England programmes are funded by central government. The funding is administered by Homes England to fund investment partners (including private registered providers, house builders, community groups and local authorities) to deliver affordable housing.

2.8 With the exception of the Single Land Programme (SLP), funding for all programmes is allocated through an application/bidding process based on the assessment eligibility/criteria for each programme. Funding is paid in accordance with the contractual agreement for each programme. Investment for projects delivered under the SLP is determined in accordance with Homes England’s Framework Document [footnote 13] and relevant commissioning template.

London

2.9 Since April 2012, the Mayor of London has had oversight of strategic housing, regeneration and economic development in London. This means that Homes England no longer publishes housing starts on site and completions for London, except where Homes England is administering a programme on behalf of the GLA. The historical series for London, which reflects past delivery by Homes England, is included in Homes England’s housing statistics published on 12 June 2012 (revised 24 August 2012). Due to its age this publication is no longer available on the housing statistics page on the Homes England section of GOV.UK [footnote 11], but can be provided on request (see section 6 for contact details).

2.10 DLUHC has combined the affordable housing statistics in this release with the GLA’s affordable housing statistics to produce Table 1012 showing total affordable housing starts on site and completions delivered nationally under the affordable housing programmes of Homes England and the GLA [footnote 14]. From 2019/20 onwards, table 1012 includes units delivered by the GLA funded via the Right to Buy ringfence offer which are not included in their quarterly management information. Therefore there will be some discrepancies between the total in this table and the GLA’s own tables. This table excludes additional affordable housing delivery reported annually through local authority returns, which are included in DLUHC’s full annual release on affordable housing supply in England [footnote 15] The table includes any revisions made to London data since it was published by Homes England on 12 June 2012 (revised 24 August 2012). Further details are provided in section 6 of the technical notes.

3. Housing outputs

This section provides the detailed statistics for housing starts and completions by tenure. It includes all Homes England programmes and analyses them over time [footnote 16]

Data for the current and two previous years should be considered as provisional since they are subject to revisions as set out in section 4 of the technical notes accompanying this release.

Starts on site

Table 1a: Housing starts on site by tenure, England (excluding non-Homes England London delivery)

Financial Year 3 Period Affordable Rent Social Rent Intermediate Affordable Housing (Intermediate Rent) Affordable Home Ownership Affordable Tenure TBC 4 Total Affordable Housing Starts 5 Market 6 Total Housing Starts
2023-24 Apr - Sep 1,058 722 22 1,160 6,965 9,927 1,603 11,530
2022-23 Apr - Sep 2,162 837 237 1,500 6,300 11,036 3,863 14,899
2022-23 Oct - Mar 2,631 1,381 135 2,049 11,225 17,421 4,158 21,579
2022-23 Full Year 4,793 2,218 372 3,549 17,525 28,457 8,021 36,478
2021-22 Apr - Sep 1,746 870 125 1,400 7,790 11,931 4,379 16,310
2021-22 Oct - Mar 4,000 1,112 195 3,115 7,354 15,776 6,545 22,321
2021-22 Full Year 5,746 1,982 320 4,515 15,144 27,707 10,924 38,631
2020-21 Apr - Sep 3,322 483 262 2,519 3,380 9,966 2,691 12,657
2020-21 Oct - Mar 7,391 2,136 270 4,234 4,184 18,215 6,577 24,792
2020-21 Full Year 10,713 2,619 532 6,753 7,564 28,181 9,268 37,449
2019-20 Apr - Sep 5,337 710 57 4,150 2,895 13,149 4,777 17,926
2019-20 Oct - Mar 11,675 1,662 95 7,451 1,843 22,726 7,081 29,807
2019-20 Full Year 17,012 2,372 152 11,601 4,738 35,875 11,858 47,733
2018-19 Apr - Sep 5,698 508 156 3,543 .. 9,905 6,230 16,135
2018-19 Oct - Mar 12,074 749 158 7,760 .. 20,741 9,102 29,843
2018-19 Full Year 17,772 1,257 314 11,303 .. 30,646 15,332 45,978
2017-18 Apr - Sep 4,526 304 8 2,130 .. 6,968 6,501 13,469
2017-18 Oct - Mar 12,627 1,314 108 7,017 .. 21,066 7,616 28,682
2017-18 Full Year 17,153 1,618 116 9,147 .. 28,034 14,117 42,151
2016-17 Apr - Sep 7,218 308 42 1,838 .. 9,406 5,318 14,724
2016-17 Oct - Mar 14,895 629 8 4,201 .. 19,733 6,693 26,426
2016-17 Full Year 22,113 937 50 6,039 .. 29,139 12,011 41,150

In the period 1 April 2023 to 30 September 2023

(first half of the financial year 2023-24, with comparisons to the same period of 2022-23):

3.1 A total of 11,530 homes started on site, representing a decrease of 3,369 or 23 per cent compared to 14,899. This decrease can be attributed to the effects of the economic downturn on the housebuilding industry, particularly the start on site of market sale units. 

3.2 9,927 or 86 per cent of housing starts on site were for affordable homes – a decrease of 1,109 or 10 per cent compared to 11,036. As with total housing starts, this decrease is due to the impact of the economic downturn on the housebuilding industry.

3.3 1,058 (11 per cent) of affordable homes started were for Affordable Rent, a decrease of 1,104 or 51 per cent on 2,162. A further 1,182 (12 per cent) were for Intermediate Affordable Housing schemes, including Shared Ownership and Rent to Buy. This is a decrease of 555 or 32 per cent on 1,737.  722 (7 per cent) were for Social Rent, a decrease of 115 or 14 per cent on 837. In addition, a further 6,965 (70 per cent) of affordable homes started with tenure to be confirmed, an increase of 665 or 11 per cent on 6,300. All ‘tenure to be confirmed starts’ originate from Strategic Partnerships (SP) where providers are not contractually required to identify the tenure of a unit until completion. The tenure for these units will not be known until completion and they will be restated under their appropriate tenure in future releases.

3.4 Table 1b below shows the percentage of Homes England’s affordable housing starts on site delivered by each region [footnote 17] compared to the same period last year [footnote 18], ranked highest to lowest. A map showing the region boundaries is available at Annex 2.

Table 1b:  Affordable Housing Starts on Site - Percentage Delivery by Region

2023-24 Apr-Sep 2022-23 Apr-Sep
South East 21% 23%
North West 18% 24%
East of England 16% 11%
East Midlands 12% 6%
South West 12% 8%
Yorkshire and The Humber 10% 9%
West Midlands 9% 10%
North East 4% 10%
London 0% 0%

3.5 The number of market starts on site decreased by 2,260 (59 per cent) from 3,863 to 1,603. The decrease is due to the slowdown in housebuilding activity by developers as a result of the economic downturn that started in the latter half of 2022-23, and the closure of the HBF-STF to new bids. Of the market starts delivered [footnote 19], the HBF-STF accounted for the majority at 748 or 47 per cent; the LU-HBF delivered 383 or 24 per cent; the SLP delivered 363 or 23 per cent; and the remaining 109 or 7 per cent were delivered by LAAC. The economic downturn has had a greater impact on market starts due to the countercyclical nature of affordable delivery: when the market is down, more investment has tended to be put into affordable housing by government to boost demand, but also demand generally for affordable products increases because, as the cost of living rises and mortgage interest rates increase, demand for market housing decreases.

Completions (excluding Help to Buy):

Table 2a:  Housing completions by tenure, England (excluding Help to Buy and non-Homes England London delivery)

Financial Year 3 Period Affordable Rent Social Rent Intermediate Affordable Housing (Intermediate Rent) Affordable Home Ownership Affordable Tenure TBC 4 Total Affordable Housing Starts 5 Market 6 Total Housing Starts
2023-24 Apr - Sep 3,092 1,174 112 2,972 481 7,831 3,466 11,297
2022-23 Apr - Sep 3,677 1,125 109 2,954 40 7,905 4,472 12,377
2022-23 Oct - Mar 6,573 2,607 169 6,104 697 16,150 5,190 21,340
2022-23 Full Year 10,250 3,732 278 9,058 737 24,055 9,662 33,717
2021-22 Apr - Sep 5,353 1,174 65 3,511 .. 10,103 4,308 14,411
2021-22 Oct - Mar 8,596 1,914 132 5,769 32 16,443 6,452 22,895
2021-22 Full Year 13,949 3,088 197 9,280 32 26,546 10,760 37,306
2020-21 Apr - Sep 4,315 700 25 3,043 .. 8,083 3,960 12,043
2020-21 Oct - Mar 8,991 1,196 61 5,626 .. 15,874 7,071 22,945
2020-21 Full Year 13,306 1,896 86 8,669 .. 23,957 11,031 34,988
2019-20 Apr - Sep 6,405 556 20 3,362 .. 10,343 4,713 15,056
2019-20 Oct - Mar 10,458 918 97 6,397 .. 17,870 7,577 25,447
2019-20 Full Year 16,863 1,474 117 9,759 .. 28,213 12,290 40,503
2018-19 Apr - Sep 7,912 326 3 2,824 .. 11,065 4,752 15,817
2018-19 Oct - Mar 10,977 668 42 5,964 .. 17,651 6,618 24,269
2018-19 Full Year 18,889 994 45 8,788 .. 28,716 11,370 40,086
2017-18 Apr - Sep 7,219 174 0 1,900 .. 9,293 2,723 12,016
2017-18 Oct - Mar 12,544 859 34 3,132 .. 16,569 5,321 21,890
2017-18 Full Year 19,763 1,033 34 5,032 .. 25,862 8,044 33,906
2016-17 Apr - Sep 7,096 218 1 1,338 .. 8,653 2,957 11,610
2016-17 Oct - Mar 11,184 373 4 2,671 .. 14,232 5,252 19,484
2016-17 Full Year 18,280 591 5 4,009 .. 22,885 8,209 31,094

In the period 1 April 2023 to 30 September 2023

(first half of the financial year 2023-24, with comparisons to the same period of 2022-23):

3.6 11,297 homes were completed, a decrease of 1,080 or 9 per cent compared to 12,377. As with housing starts, the decrease can be attributed to the effects of the economic downturn on the housebuilding industry, with market delivery seeing a greater impact than affordable delivery (down by 22 per cent and 1 per cent respectively). Like housing starts, the greater impact of the economic downturn on market completions compared to affordable completions can be explained by the countercyclical nature of affordable delivery. See paragraph 3.5 for more details.

3.7 7,831 (69 per cent) of total completions were affordable homes, a decrease of 74 or 1 per cent compared to 7,905.

3.8 3,092 (39 per cent) of affordable completions were for Affordable Rent, a decrease of 585 or 16 per cent compared to 3,677. Intermediate Affordable Housing accounted for a further 3,084 (39 per cent), an increase of 21 or 1 per cent compared to 3,063. 1,174 (15 per cent) of affordable homes completed were for Social Rent, an increase of 49 or 4 per cent compared to 1,125. The remaining 481 (6 per cent) were for First Homes, included as part of this statistical release and accompanying tables for the first time and covering all periods since their launch in 2021-22. See paragraph 3.11 for more details.  As well as the economic downturn, the decrease in affordable completions compared to the same period last year is due to SOAHP 2016-21 no longer accepting new allocations, with all new allocations going through the AHP 2021-26. The SOAHP 2016-21, along with the AHP 2015-18, Empty Homes, Care and Support Specialised Housing and Right to Buy Replacement programmes are now closed, and completions being delivered reflect commitments entered into prior to their closure. With the exception of ‘tenure TBC’ under SOAHP 2016-21 (see 3.3 above), any starts for these programmes are Off The Shelf units where the provider purchases the home at completion and, for reporting purposes, the start is counted upon completion.

3.9 Table 2b below shows the percentage of Homes England’s affordable housing completions delivered by each region compared to last year [footnote 20], ranked highest to lowest.

Table 2b:  Affordable Housing Completions - Percentage Delivery by Region

2023-24
Apr-Sep 2022-23
Apr-Sep
North West 21% 18%
South East 17% 24%
East Midlands 13% 9%
Yorkshire and The Humber 11% 9%
East of England 11% 8%
West Midlands 11% 12%
South West 8% 13%
North East 6% 6%
London 1% 0%

3.10   3,466 market homes completed, a decrease of 1,006 or 22 per cent compared to 4,472.  The top delivering programmes of market completions were the SLP with 1,842 or 53 per cent, HBF-STF with 1,178 or 34 per cent and LU-HBF with 252 or 7 per cent.

First Homes

3.11 First Homes (FH) have been included in this release and accompanying tables for the first time. Launched in 2021 they were previously only reported in DLUHC’s Table 1012 [footnote 21] and annual statistics on affordable housing supply in England [footnote 22], with a mention in this release. The tables accompanying this release have been updated to include FH delivery for the current and historical periods going back to 2021-22, comprising of the Phase One Early Delivery Programme (delivered by the Single Land Programme) and the Phase Two (grant funded) Early Delivery Programme. Where FH completions were delivered under the phase one pilot, the number of market completions have been reduced by the same value. This is because phase one FH completions were delivered by converting existing market completions. The main delivery mechanism will be through developer contributions. 

4. Accompanying tables

4.1 The tables accompanying this release are available to download from the housing statistics page on the Homes England section of GOV.UK [footnote 23] and include the following:

Table 1

Housing starts on site and completions by programme and tenure for:

1 April 2023 – 30 September 2023

1 April 2022 – 31 March 2023 with half year analysis

1 April 2021 – 31 March 2022 with half year analysis

1 April 2020 – 31 March 2021 with half year analysis

1 April 2019 – 31 March 2020 with half year analysis

1 April 2018 – 31 March 2019 with half year analysis

1 April 2017 – 31 March 2018 with half year analysis

1 April 2016 – 31 March 2017 with half year analysis

1 April 2015 – 31 March 2016 with half year analysis

1 April 2014 – 31 March 2015 with half year analysis

1 April 2013 – 31 March 2014 with half year analysis

1 April 2012 – 31 March 2013 with half year analysis

1 April 2011 – 31 March 2012 with half year analysis

1 April 2010 – 31 March 2011 with half year analysis

1 April 2009 – 31 March 2010 with half year analysis

Table 2a

Housing starts on site and completions by local authority district and tenure (all programmes except Help to Buy), 1 April 2023 – 30 September 2023.

Table 2b

Housing starts on site and completions by local authority district and tenure (all programmes except Help to Buy), 1 April 2022 – 31 March 2023.

Table 2c

Housing starts on site and completions by local authority district and tenure (all programmes except Help to Buy), 1 April 2021 – 31 March 2022.

4.2 Housing starts on site and completions by local authority district and tenure (all programmes except Help to Buy) for historical periods are available to download from the Homes England housing statistics web page [footnote 24].

4.3 In a small number of cases, Homes England funding to an affordable housing provider may be to support a person or family to be housed in a local authority that is different to the one in which they currently reside. The local authority presentations in Tables 2a, 2b and 2c are based on the local authority district in which the house is located.  These tables also identify the region in which each local authority is located.

4.4 We can provide programme level statistics for specified local authority areas in response to requests made to [email protected].

5. Other information

Pre-release access

5.1 Details of officials who receive pre-release access to the release up to 24 hours before publication are available from the housing statistics page on the Homes England section of GOV.UK [footnote 25].

A brief history of Homes England

5.2 Homes England was launched by the Secretary of State on 11 January 2018.  Homes England is the trading name of Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) (the legal entity).  The HCA was created on 1 December 2008 by bringing together the regeneration body English Partnerships (including the Property and Regeneration programme), the investment arm of the Housing Corporation (including the National Affordable Housing Programme), the Academy for Sustainable Communities and a number of housing and regeneration programmes from DLUHC (then known as the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG).  In October 2011, the HCA took responsibility for the land and property assets of eight of England’s nine Regional Development Agencies, ahead of their operational closure in March 2012.  On 1 April 2012, the HCA’s former London operating area transferred to the GLA.

Future publication dates

5.3 Our official statistics for the period 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024 will be published in June/July 2024. 

Responsible statistician

5.4 The responsible statistician for this statistical release is Mike Shone.

6. User consultation

6.1 Users’ comments on any issues relating to this statistical release are welcomed and encouraged. Responses should be sent to the “Statistical Enquiries” address given below:

Enquiries

Media enquiries

Email: [email protected]

Tel: 020 7874 8262

Statistical enquiries

Mike Shone (c/o)

Email: [email protected]

Tel: 01234 242537

7. Technical Notes

Please see the accompanying technical notes document for further information.  This can be found on the Homes England housing statistics page for 1 April 2023 to 30 September 2023:  https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/housing-statistics

Annexe 1

Homes England’s programmes

The following table and links provide information about Homes England’s programmes (current and historical), which are funded by the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities with the exception of Care and Support Specialised Housing, Homelessness Change 2015-18 and Platform for Life, which were funded by the Department of Health:

Programme Programme Summary Tenure 1 Build Type 2
Accelerated Land Disposal The Accelerated Land Disposal programme was announced in the Budget 2011 to support the additional or accelerated delivery of 3,000 housing starts on site by 31 March 2015.  With effect from 1 April 2015, existing commitments transferred to the Single Land Programme. Social Rent / AHO / Market NB
Affordable Homes Guarantees On 6 September 2012, the Government announced its proposal to guarantee up to £10bn of debt to help housing providers expand the provision of both purpose built private rented and affordable housing.  As well as the Guarantee for the Affordable Homes element, the Government confirmed that it would make £225m of funding available for new affordable housing, for use where needed alongside the Affordable Homes Guarantee.  This funding was then doubled in the 2013 Budget to £450m, including London, to support up to 30,000 new affordable homes. Aff. Rent / Social Rent / AHO NB/A
Affordable Homes Programme 3 The Affordable Homes Programme was announced as part of the Government’s Spending Review 2010 and delivered over 58,000 (excluding London) new affordable homes by 31 March 2015, with rents set at up to 80 per cent of market rent. Aff. Rent / Social Rent / AHO NB/A
Affordable Homes Programme 2015 -18 The Affordable Homes Programme 2015-18 replaced the Affordable Homes Programme 2011-15 and aims to increase the supply of new affordable homes in England by March 2018.  It is now closed although commitments agreed under this programme will be delivered during the 2016-21 period. Aff. Rent / Social Rent / AHO (Shared Ownership) NB/A
Affordable Homes Programme 2021-26 The Affordable Homes Programme 2021-26 is replacing the Shared Ownership and Affordable Homes Programme 2016-21 with the aim to increase the supply of new affordable homes in England by March 2026. Aff. Rent / Social Rent / AHO (Shared Ownership) NB/A
Build to Rent The Build to Rent Fund was launched in December 2012 in response to the recommendations of the Montague report to stimulate new private rented housing supply and to provide opportunities for new institutional investment in the sector.  It will support the delivery of up to 10,000 new homes. Market NB
Builders Finance Fund The £525 million Builders Finance Fund is designed to help restart and speed up housing developments between 5 and 250 units that have slowed down or stalled. Its main objective is to address difficulties in accessing development finance faced by some house builders, particularly smaller developers, and to help bring forward stalled but viable sites.  With effect from October 2016, existing commitments transferred to the Home Building fund – Short Term Fund. Social Rent / Int. Rent / AHO / Market NB/A
Care and Support Specialised Housing Fund The Department of Health’s Care and Support Specialised Housing Fund (CASSH) provides funding for housing for older people and adults with disabilities (physical or sensory disabilities, mental health needs and learning disabilities & autism). The fund is spilt into two phases. Phase 1 was launched in October 2012 and phase 2 was launched in February 2015. The initial budget for the programme was £160m over five years (2013-14 to 2017-18) outside London. In 2013, this was increased by a further £80m and the delivery time frame extended to 2020-21. Aff. Rent / Social Rent / AHO (Shared Ownership) NB/A
Economic Assets The Economic Assets programme was announced in the Budget 2011 and worked with partners to ensure the effective use and disposal of more than 300 land and property assets transferred from the former Regional Development Agencies.  With effect from 1 April 2015, existing commitments transferred to the Single Land Programme. Social Rent / Int. Rent / AHO / Market NB/A
Empty Homes 3 The Empty Homes programme was announced as part of the Government’s Spending Review 2010 to bring back into use empty residential properties (in private ownership) as affordable housing.  The programme delivered 2,759 homes by 30 September 2016 outside London. Aff. Rent / Social Rent / AHO A
Empty Homes Round Two In November 2012 a second round of funding was launched to bring back into use empty properties as affordable housing.  As well as residential properties (in private ownership), the programme had an emphasis on the refurbishment of empty commercial and non-residential properties. The programme delivered 868 homes by 31 March 2017 outside London. Aff. Rent / Social Rent / AHO A
FirstBuy The FirstBuy scheme was announced in the Budget 2011 to help support 10,000 first time buyers on the property ladder.  The scheme was expanded in September 2012 and from 1 April 2013 was replaced with Help to Buy AHO NB
First Homes First Homes are the government’s preferred discounted market tenure and should account for at least 25% of all affordable housing units delivered by developers through planning obligations. AHO NB
Get Britain Building The Get Britain Building programme was set up to unlock more than 12,000 homes on stalled sites with planning permission through access to development finance. Social Rent / Int. Rent / AHO / Market NB
Help to Buy (equity loan) Help to Buy was announced in the Budget 2013 to help purchasers struggling to buy a new build home.  It offers a maximum 20% (40% in London) equity loan (minimum 10%) on new build properties up to a maximum purchase price of £600,000. Launched in April 2013 with an initial budget of £3.7bn, the programme aspired to support 74,000 plus homebuyers in the first 3 years.  The 2015 Spending Review confirmed £8.6bn of funding and extended the programme to 2021 to assist an anticipated 145,000 purchases.  In October 2017, the Government announced it will invest a further £10 billion in the Help to Buy Equity Loan programme. More than 330,000 completions were achieved by the end of the programme, which helped people buy a new build home with only a 5% deposit. Market NB
Help to Buy: Equity Loan (2021-2023) Help to Buy: Equity Loan (2021-2023) is for first-time buyers and includes regional property price limits to ensure the scheme reaches people who need it most. Homebuyers could reserve homes and apply for the Help to Buy: Equity Loan until 6pm on 31 October 2022. This deadline allows enough time for homebuyers to legally buy their homes before the scheme ends on 31 March 2023. As with the previous scheme, the government provided lending to homebuyers of between 5% and 20% of the cost of a newly built home, and up to 40% in London. Help to Buy: Equity Loan (2021-2023) was launched on 1 April 2021. Market NB
Homelessness Change 3 The Homelessness Change Programme was announced as part of the Government’s Spending Review 2010 and delivered 1,128 new or refurbished bed spaces in hostel accommodation by 31 March 2015 (outside London). Aff. Rent NB/A
Homelessness Change 2015-18 Homes England is allocating a share of up to £25 million capital funding for specialist housing providers, on behalf of the Department of Health, to bring forward proposals for developing and improving hostel accommodation and facilities for the delivery of healthcare, training or education aimed at supporting rough sleepers, those at risk of sleeping rough, and other non-statutory homeless people of specialist housing to meet the needs of older people and adults with disabilities or mental health problems outside of London. This programme was launched jointly alongside the Platform for Life fund in March 2015. Aff. Rent NB/A
Kickstart Housing Delivery The Kickstart Housing Delivery programme was part of the 2009 Housing Stimulus Programme investing in restarting more than 20,000 homes on stalled sites.  The programme closed on 31 March 2013. Social Rent / Int. Rent / AHO / Market NB
Levelling Up – Home Building Fund The Levelling Up – Home Building Fund offers finance from £250,000.  Smaller loans for innovative housing solutions will also be considered. Aff. Rent / Social Rent / Int. Rent / AHO / Market NB
Local Authority Accelerated Construction Through our new Accelerated Construction programme we want to provide a tailored package of support to ambitious local authorities who would like to develop out surplus land holdings at pace. There is no single approach to accelerated construction that we expect to support. Our intention is to support a range of proposals at different scales and in locations where there is sufficient demand for housing. Aff. Rent / Social Rent / Int. Rent / AHO / Market NB
Local Authority New Build The Local Authority New Build programme was set up to deliver 4,000 homes for rent by 31 March 2012. Social Rent NB
Mortgage Rescue 3 The Mortgage Rescue scheme was announced as part of the Government’s Spending Review 2010 to provide support to some 2,500 vulnerable home owners struggling to maintain mortgage payments and at risk of repossession.  This scheme is now closed. AHO / Int. Rent A
National Affordable Housing Programme The National Affordable Housing Programme is the predecessor to the AHP 2011-15. Social Rent / Int. Rent / AHO NB/A
Platform for Life Homes England is allocating a share of up to £25 million capital funding for specialist housing providers, on behalf of the Department of Health, to bring forward proposals for developing low-rent accommodation for young people aged 18 to 24 who are homeless or at risk of homelessness and are in housing need, to support their participation in work, further education or vocational training, with the aim of assisting residents into long term employment and independence, and improving their prospects for a successful and healthy life. This programme was launched jointly alongside the Homelessness Change 2015 to 2017 fund in March 2015. Aff. Rent NB/A
Property and Regeneration Programme The Property and Regeneration programme covered all the historical property and regeneration investments and assets inherited from English Partnerships.  With effect from 1 April 2015, existing commitments transferred to the Single Land Programme. Social Rent / Int. Rent / AHO / Market NB/A
Rent to Buy The Rent to Buy Loan 2015-17 provided loans at a low, fixed rate to registered providers to deliver homes outside London. The homes will be let at a sub-market rent for at least 7 years with the intention of supporting working households to save money and achieve their aspiration of home ownership. This programme is now closed. AHO NB
Right to Buy Replacement With effect from 2 April 2012, every additional local authority home sold under Right to Buy will be replaced by a new home for affordable rent, with receipts from sales recycled towards the cost of replacement.  Where a local authority decides not to undertake the development themselves, they return the relevant portion of the receipts to DLUHC for re-investment nationally. Aff. Rent NB
Shared Ownership and Affordable Homes Programme 2016-21 This programme aims to increase the supply of Shared Ownership and other affordable homes in England by March 2021. Aff. Rent / Social Rent / AHO (Shared Ownership and Rent to Buy) NB/A
Short Form Agreement 3 A Short Form Agreement (SFA) is used by Homes England to contract with providers who wish to deliver Affordable Rent units without Homes England funding. Aff. Rent NB/A
Single Land Programme The Single Land Programme, with effect from 1 April 2015, consists of existing commitments taken from the amalgamation of historical Homes England land programmes (Accelerated Land Disposal, Economic Assets and Property and Regeneration) and transferred sites from across Government under the Public Sector Land Transfer model.  It is a self-financing programme funded through the recycling of receipts supporting Government’s targets on housing (including starter homes), public sector land release and asset disposals. Aff. Rent / Social Rent / Int. Rent / AHO / Market NB/A
The Home Building Fund – Short Term Fund The Home Building Fund is government finance to increase the number of new homes being built in England. Applications are being accepted from private sector businesses to build new homes or prepare sites for development. Aff. Rent / Social Rent / Int. Rent / AHO / Market NB/A
Traveller Pitch Funding 3 The Traveller Pitch Funding programme was announced as part of the Government’s Spending Review 2010 and delivered 515 new traveller pitches by 31 March 2015 (outside London).  In addition, 386 refurbished pitches were delivered. Aff. Rent / AHO NB/A

Annexe 2

England – Regions (former Government offices for the regions (GOR))

North West

North East

Yorkshire and the Humber

West Midlands

East Midlands

East of England

South West

South East

London

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0300 1234 500

gov.uk/homes-england

  1. https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/help-to-buy-equity-loan-and-newbuy-statistics 

  2. To the end of September 2023, the SOAHP 2016-21 has delivered 129,300 starts with a further 2,700 remaining starts to deliver in the second six months of 2023-24.  Note that the data in the accompanying tables do not restate starts from previous years (pre 2023-24) for this programme. 

  3. Affordable Tenure TBC refers to units that have reached the start on site milestone but where the tenure of these units has not yet been specified.  This was introduced as a flexibility for Strategic Partnerships to enable them to determine tenure close to or at the point of completion. These starts will be restated under their specified tenure headings in future national statistics updates once the tenure has been established at completion. 

  4. First Homes are being reported for the first time in this release and include data going back to 2021-22 when they were launched.  See paragraph 3.11 for further details. 

  5. As housing starts on site and completions are recorded by their geographical location, this release may exclude homes located outside London where the funding was allocated to a local authority district within London. 

  6. See Annex 1 for a summary and links to information about Homes England’s programmes. 

  7. https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/help-to-buy-equity-loan-and-newbuy-statistics 

  8. https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/housing-statistics 

  9. https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/affordable-housing-supply 

  10. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/homes-england-strategic-plan-2023-to-2028 

  11. https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/housing-statistics  2

  12. https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/affordable-housing-supply 

  13. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/homes-england-framework-document 

  14. https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-affordable-housing-supply  

  15. https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/affordable-housing-supply 

  16. The tables and charts in this and future releases have been restricted to an eight-year rolling profile to avoid overcrowding pages with excessively long graphics.  For earlier years (going back to 2009-10) please see the accompanying tables and previous releases available at https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/housing-statistics

  17. https://www.ons.gov.uk/methodology/geography/ukgeographies/administrativegeography/england#regions-former-gors 

  18. Note that proportions do not sum to 100 per cent due to rounding. 

  19. Note that proportions do not sum to 100 per cent due to rounding. 

  20. Note that proportions do not sum to 100 per cent due to rounding. 

  21. https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-affordable-housing-supply 

  22. https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/affordable-housing-supply 

  23. https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/housing-statistics 

  24. https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/housing-statistics 

  25. https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/housing-statistics