Latest figures from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and
Local Government (MHCLG) show that over 222,000 net additional
homes were delivered in 2017/18 including 195,290 new build
homes.
The 222,190 net additions over the year resulted from:
- 195,290 new build homes
- 29,720 gains from change of use between non-domestic and
residential
- 4,550 from conversions between houses and flats and
- 680 other gains
- Offset by a loss of some 8,050 homes due to demolitions.
This represents the highest level of net additional homes
delivered across England in all but one of the last 31 years, but
is still 80,000 short of the Government's target of delivering
300,000 homes a year by the mid-2020s.
The publication also includes separate data (not included in the
above figures), on additions and losses from the stock of communal
accommodation: In 2017 to 2018, there was a net increase of 2,270
communal student accommodation units and a net increase of 420
other communal accommodation units, bringing the total net increase
to 2,690.
Read the full statistical release
In a separate statistical release detailing
affordable housing supply it is revealed that 47,355 affordable
homes were delivered in 2017/18 but only 6,463 of these homes were
provided for social rent.
26,838 homes were provided for affordable rent , 10,880 for
shared ownership, 1,727 for affordable home ownership and 1,024 for
intermediate rent.