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For decades housing supply has failed to keep up with the demand for more homes and the needs of a changing demographic population - more people are choosing to live alone and people are living longer.
New households are projected to increase by, on average, 252,000 each year between now and 2031. This has led to significant problems of affordability, particularly for those seeking to buy their first home.
In recent years, the housebuilding industry has responded well to the challenge of increasing housing supply, with supply in 2007/08 reaching 207,500 additional homes - an increase of 59 per cent compared with 130,000 in 2001/02. This is the highest rate of housing supply since 1977.
However, in the short-term, there are undoubtedly challenges to overcome with global financial and economic conditions having a severe impact on the delivery of housing. There is still a need to focus on the long-term challenge to increase housing supply. The Growth programmes are a central part of achieving this step-change in housing supply.
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