"The Housing and Finance Institute, an industry body which groups the commercial and council sectors, has also warned that ministers must do more to meet their annual target for new homes built.
It has made three recommendations to boost numbers, one of which is to help public and private groups join up to finance new building.
It also recommends the government make housing a specific national infrastructure priority, and focus more efforts on flexible and cheaper modular methods of construction."
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