National Housing Statistics

The latest statistics on the supply of affordable homes delivered under the National Affordable Housing Programme and all homes delivered under the Property and Regeneration Programme were released on Tuesday 15 June 2010.

Key points from the release are:

  • There were 64,811 housing starts on site and 56,118 housing completions in England in the financial year ending 31 March 2010 delivered under the National Affordable Housing Programme, the Kickstart Housing Delivery Programme, the Local Authority New Build Programme and the Property and Regeneration Programme.
  • 54,881 of the housing starts on site were for affordable homes of which 39,443 were for social rent, 3,577 for intermediate rent and 11,861 for low cost home ownership. Over half of these starts on site (56 per cent) were in London, the South East and the South West.
  • Housing completions in the year to 31 March 2010 included 52,969 affordable homes of which 30,877 were for social rent, 1,933 for intermediate rent and 20,159 for low cost home ownership. Over half (58 per cent) of these completions were in London, the South East and the East.

National Housing Statistics June 2010 - PDF (116 KB)

Pre-release access list - PDF (12 KB)

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Last updated: 14 June 2010