Pre Budget Briefing 2025
The Pre Budget Briefing 2025 - download the paper HERE This important Budget Statement is made against the backdrop of some of the worst results for housing delivery in the last 50 years outside of the credit crunch and its immediate aftermath. The Housing & Finance Institute has produced a pre-budget primer on what...
New Housing Secretary, New Direction?
A new Housing Secretary has been appointed - the Rt Hon Steve Reed MP.
Read our HFI summary of what the housing delivery landscape looks like for the new Housing Secretary - and what are the opportunities to turbo-charge housebuilding to 'Build, Baby, Build' ?
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September housing delivery update
Housing Delivery Snapshot for September 2025 - Housebuilding starts in England are at the lowest in 50 years outside of the credit crunch and its aftermath UK cement production is at an all time low since 1950
Boosting Housing Delivery: opportunities for the new Housing Secretary
Angela Rayner's resignation last week saw the appointment of the Rt Hon Steve Reed OBE MP as Housing Secretary. The question on everyone's mind is whether this will herald a change in government policy for housing delivery? Steve Reed takes over the brief against a backdrop of some of the worst...
Pre Spending Review Briefing
On 11 June 2025 the Chancellor will deliver the Spending Review. This year's Spending Review will set out in detail three years of plans for department-level day-to-day spending (covering 2026–27, 2027–28 and 2028–29) and four years of plans for investment spending (extending to...
What to expect in the Spending Review?
What to expect in the Spending Review ? On 11 June 2025 the Chancellor will deliver the Spending Review. This year's Spending Review will set out in detail three years of plans for department-level day-to-day spending (covering 2026–27, 2027–28 and 2028–29) and four years of plans for...
What to expect in the Spending Review?
Read our HFI Spending Review briefing here: Spending Review 2025
The HFI Newsletter: May 2025
Secrets to success in getting homes on the ground This month saw the launch of a free webinar series delivered by the Housing & Finance Institute and Local Partnerships. The programme is called "Getting it done: secrets to success in getting homes on the ground". We're showcasing practical...
Harnessing Local Government Pension Scheme funding for growth
Can we harness Local Government Pension Scheme funding for Delivering Affordable Housing Growth for the Next Decade and Beyond Adele Gritten, Chief Executive of Local Partnerships and HFI board member sets out the case for change: Introduction Affordable housing is more than a social...
The HFI Newsletter: April 2025
The HFI Newsletter: April 2025 Your regular update on housing market delivery and good reads on how to get more done in housing and housing finance Fixing housing: saying "yes" to building the right homes, in the right places, and getting on with the job This month's HFI's must read article is...
Fixing Housing, saying "yes" to building the right homes, in the right places, and getting on with the job
Fixing housing: saying "yes" to building the right homes, in the right places, and getting on with the job. Eastleigh Borough Council Leader Keith House says "yes we can". Let's start by winding back the clock to thirty, perhaps forty years ago, and thinking about the life chances of early...
The HFI View: Green shoots but no beanstalk as housing delivery appetite hampered by the lack of support schemes for buyers and the weight of extra taxes
As with the first signs of Spring, there are emerging shoots of positivity in the housing market. The announcement in the Autumn Budget 2024 of changes to stamp duty coming in from April 2025 has shaken some buyers out of their torpor. Zoopla's latest market report notes "positive momentum" in the sales...
September 2025 Housing Delivery Snapshot
May 2025 Housing Delivery Snapshot
March 2025 Housing Delivery Snapshot
January 2025 Housing Delivery Snapshot
December 2024
