The article highlights the urgent need for the government to tackle the escalating housing crisis in response to a recent ESRI report indicating insufficient housing supply. With a target of 303,000 new homes by 2030, the government falls short, with only 34,000 homes projected to be built this year. Key obstacles such as planning delays, investment attraction, and inadequate infrastructure need immediate attention. The housing crisis threatens economic stability, particularly impacting worker affordability and international investor confidence. The call is for a commitment to remove persistent roadblocks affecting housing supply.
Things tend to get fixed faster when you have to fix them, as opposed to delaying until you merely want to give them your full attention.
Parish-pump considerations cannot become national impediments.
Problems like the lack of serviced land, red tape, legal objections and poor productivity levels in construction have long been identified.
The housing crisis poses an existential risk to our economic future.
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