Let's take a look at the percentage change between the number of homes approved in 2023 compared to 2022 📊💭

The data tells us...

🔸 There was a sharp decrease across the South
🔸 A significant fall was noted in most areas
🔸 There were minor increases in the North West and…

We're calling for policymakers to support the industry and the educational opportunities it provides 👷‍♂️ 👷‍♀️📣

#BuildingSkills

With an ever-growing housing shortage, today’s policymakers need to be even more ambitious than the vision Barker set out in 2004. 📄🔎
#BarkerReview

“The use of the word Nimby is a distraction tactic. It prevents a serious discussion of the housing crisis and its true causes”

We agree a considered, mature debate around home building is needed…

… but it must be informed by robust evidence.

In this opinion piece, a number…

📣🏠 England would have 2 million more homes today if the #BarkerReview ’s most ambitious housing supply scenario had been achieved. 🏗️🧱

Analysis 👉 hbf.co.uk/news/hbf-beyon…

Economist Dame Kate Barker will be joining us at next week's #HBFPolicyConference to reflect on the #BarkerReview 's findings, 20 years later. 📣

Will you be attending?

🔹 Can #BNG be delivered on- and off-site?
🔹 Is it a requirement to use Natural England's templates for habitat management?
🔹 Does BNG apply to extensions?

👆 Some of the questions answered in our live Q&A on #BNG for #SmallSites
Watch it back 👇 hbf.co.uk/news/live-qa-m…

💧 🏡 Today the Future Homes Hub (FHH) has published 'Water Ready', a report that aims to inform HM Government’s roadmap for water efficient new homes. 💧 🏡

Download the report from the FHH's website
👉 futurehomes.org.uk/water-ready-re…

#WaterReady

With an ever-growing housing shortage, today’s policymakers need to be even more ambitious than the vision Barker set out in 2004. 📄🔎
#BarkerReview

👷‍♀️🏠Our Women into Home Building Programme is supporting more women into site management roles.

Candidates receive:

➡️1-2-1 coaching
➡️Online training on the home building industry
➡️Two-week work placement onsite

Learn more about the programme 👉 buff.ly/3CsxIHI

Today we launched year two of our Women into Home Building Programme. 👷‍♀️🛠️

Over 55 women joined our online information session on site management roles.

Find out more on how we are supporting women into site management roles 👉buff.ly/3CsxIHI