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Housing Supply

To the extent that housing supply is a key lever in easing the housing crisis long-term, there is cause for concern, with planning approvals for new housing developments at record lows and declining social rent completions.

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Social rent

Social rent, the most affordable tenure, has been increasingly replaced by other forms of affordable housing, such as affordable or intermediate rent and shared ownership.

Read more about this in the Housing Outlook Q2 2025.

Social rent completions as a share of total affordable homes completions

Notes

Data is in fiscal years i.e. 1991 represents 1991-92 fiscal year.

Source

RF analysis of MHCLG, Affordable housing supply open data.

Data

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