Review of Homes and Communities Agency will help get more homes built

Government publish wide-ranging review of the Homes and Communities Agency that will improve efficiency and focus on housebuilding.

The government have recently published a review, which found that the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) is well positions to help achieve national housebuilding ambitions and play a vital role is moulding the housing market in a way that suits everyone.

The Tailored Review of the HCA, which was crried out between February and April this year, concluded that the agency should continue in its current form as a public body with a renewed and revitalised purpose of supporting housebuilding and increasing the supply of available land.

To help achieve this purpose it also recommended that the agency’s social housing regulation function should become a separate public body. This is an administrative change that will not affect the regulator’s powers or operations.

Housing and Planning Minister, Gavin Barwell MP, said: “We are determined to create a housing market that works for everyone and the Homes and Communities Agency and regulator will play an important role in delivering the homes this country needs.

“The agency will be vital for boosting housebuilding and speeding up the delivery of new homes so all can benefit from having somewhere safe and secure to live.

“And as a new standalone body the regulator will ensure the social housing sector continues to benefit from strong, independent governance.

The Chairman of the HCA, Sir Edward Lister, said: “The Homes and Communities Agency has a strong track record of delivering the government’s housing targets but we know we need to do even more in future to ensure more people have the opportunity to own their own home.

“We therefore fully welcome the recommendations of the government’s review. We are already implementing a number of changes to our operating model to help speed up delivery and promote new approaches to housebuilding.

“We will set out how we intend to play a more active role in the delivery of the government’s increased housing ambitions in the coming months.”

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