Angela Rayner has been cautioned that the government may jeopardize its housing goals by overly focusing on establishing new towns across England, limiting broader housing solutions.
New towns have historically contributed only 3.3% to housebuilding in the 40 years following the 1946 New Towns Act, raising concerns over their effectiveness in meeting targets.
The vision behind the new towns initiative expects to foster communities that include significant affordable housing, aiming for 40% of the new developments to be social-rented properties.
The government would have to exceed past achievements in building new towns to address the housing needs adequately, as their current target to build 1.5 million homes remains ambitious.
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