HCA exceeds its end of year homes targets

The Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) has exceeded its end of year housing targets, despite the economic downturn and challenging operating conditions.

The government’s national housing and regeneration body today published its second set of official six-monthly statistics in relation to housing starts and completions delivered through its National Affordable Housing Programme (NAHP), Kickstart Housing Delivery Programme, the Local Authority New Build Programme (LANB) and Property & Regeneration (P&R) programme.

Reflecting a strong year of delivery, the top line figures, published in detail at www.homesandcommunities.co.uk/statistics, show that the Agency far exceeded its key outputs for 2009-10, completing a total of 64,811 housing starts on site against a target of 53,315, and 56,118 housing completions in England against a target of 52,325 in the financial year ending 31 March 2010. Over half of the housing starts were in London, the South East and the South West and over half of the housing completions in London, the South East and the East.

Chief executive of the HCA, Sir Bob Kerslake, commenting on the figures, said:

“These figures further demonstrate what we believe has been a successful first year. This is an excellent result, considering the extremely fragile market, and illustrates how we are making a significant impact in areas facing the greatest challenges in maintaining a supply of affordable housing.

“I am especially pleased with the progress made on Kickstart and LANB, which show how we as an Agency were able to respond swiftly to challenges presented by the economic downturn.

“This is, however, no time for complacency. Looking to the year ahead, whatever the outcome of the June Budget, it is clear that with less public funding available to support housing, we will need to focus our efforts where they have most impact at local level and drive value for money in key areas such as affordable housing.

“We will certainly be no less committed to making sure we not only continue to hit targets, but, in this new era of localism, also continue to support our partners in achieving our shared ambition for creating high quality places.”

The statistics on housing starts and completions break down as follows:

2009/10 Target
2009/10 Actual
% of Target Achieved

Total Housing Completions (No.) of which:
52,325
56,118
107

NAHP

Social Rent
27,500
30,857
112

LCHO
21,700
22,079
102

Kickstart Housing Delivery

Social Rent
-
20
N/A

LCHO
-
13
N/A

Open Market
-
2
N/A

P & R
3,125
3,147
101

Total Housing Starts (No.) of which
53,315
64,811
122

NAHP

Social Rent
30,000
35,682
119

LCHO
10,500
11,764
112

Kickstart Housing Delivery

Social Rent
2,000
1,693
85

LCHO
2,000
3,674
184

Open Market
5,000
6,544
131

Local Authority New Build

Social Rent
1,000
2,068
207

P & R
2,815
3,386
120

The HCA will publish its next set of six monthly statistics in November/December 2010.

ENDS

For further information: Helen Stoddart, HCA press office on 020 7881 1615 or email helen.stoddart@hca.gsx.gov.uk The full set of HCA six-monthly statistics including regional breakdowns can be found at www.homesandcommunities.co.uk/statistics

Notes to editors

The figures presented include restated figures for the 6 months to 30 September 2009 for the National Affordable Housing Programme and the Property and Regeneration Programme (published in the release of official statistics dated 24 November 2009) together with figures for the 6 months to 31 March 2010 and the 12-month totals.

The figures in this release show the supply of affordable homes delivered under the National Affordable Housing Programme, the Local Authority New Build Programme and the Kickstart Housing Delivery Programme together with all homes delivered under the Property and Regeneration Programme.

Revisions to official statistics for the 6 months to 30 September 2009

The following revisions have been made to the official statistics which were published on 24 November 2009 for the 6 months to 30 September 2009:

· The number of NAHP affordable housing starts has reduced by 470, from 12,946 to 12,476 and the number of housing completions reduced by 370, from 19,146 to 18,776. These provisional half year numbers have been revised to correct for allocation transfer between schemes.

· The total housing starts on site figure for the Property and Regeneration Programme has increased by 35 units from 1,190 to 1,225. The net increase relates to notification by the respective developers of 84 additional units offset by a reduction of 49 units which had also been reported under the National Affordable Housing Programme.

· The total housing completions figure for the Property and Regeneration Programme has increased by 54 units from 1,031 to 1,085. The net increase related to notification by the respective developers of 85 additional units offset by a reduction of 31 units which had also been reported under the National Affordable Housing Programme.

The Homes and Communities Agency is the single, national housing and regeneration agency for England. Our role is to create opportunity for people to live in high quality, sustainable places. We provide funding for affordable housing, bring land back into productive use and improve quality of life by raising standards for the physical and social environment.

For more information visit www.homesandcommunities.co.uk

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