Why is the government set to miss its housebuilding target

Figures well below levels achieve by governments in the post-war period

The government is not on course to meet the target (PA)

The government will take about a decade to reach its target of 300,000 new homes at the current rate of increase, according to a new analysis. 

While the ministry of housing has rejected the suggestion, they’ve not explained how they’re going to get there and they accept that Covid will hit housebuilding from the “pitiful” levels it's at now.

The construction of 243,770 homes in 2019-20 is the highest in around three decades, which sounds good until you remember that this rate of building has given the UK a housing crisis.