The National Housing Taskforce has launched a call for evidence on supporting new sources of housing supply, including small, self, custom and community-led builders.
The inquiry is seeking evidence of measures that national and local government as well as practitioners could implement to support more entrants into the housing market and to scale up existing small players.
The National Housing Taskforce is a coalition created by the All Party Parliamentary Group for Housing and Planning and the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) to develop “clear, workable” proposals for both industry and government to address the UK’s housing shortage. The inquiry, led by the National Community Land Trust Network, is one of 12 work streams being undertaken by the taskforce.
Of “particular interest” to this inquiry are submissions that address issues including barriers and opportunities in releasing and obtaining land for housing, finance and funding schemes that “help or hinder” new sources, and capacity in the new sources sectors.
Helen Hayes MP, the inquiry’s chair, commented: “We face huge challenges with families across the country worrying whether their children will be able to attend the same school next year, or whether to get involved in their local community, for the lack of suitable housing. They can’t just depend on the big volume housebuilders, and many might want to build or commission their own homes, individually or in groups.
“If Berliners can build one in six homes this way, then Londoners and Mancunians can too. We want to know how the government and sector could make that happen.”
The deadline for submissions is September 21. More information here.