New homes in England

Homes England exceeds annual housing targets

Homes England has surpassed its centrally set targets for 2024/25, marking a major milestone in the government’s ambition to deliver 1.5 million homes this Parliament.

The agency’s provisional figures show strong performance across all key metrics, including new home completions, construction starts, and land unlocked for future development.

Key Achievements include:

  • 36,000+ homes completed — a 14% increase on 2023/24
  • 38,000 new homes started — up 6% year-on-year
  • Land unlocked for 79,000 homes — significantly higher than last year

Eamonn Boyle, Chief Executive of Homes England, commented:

“Since joining Homes England in January I’ve been continuously impressed with my colleagues’ unwavering dedication to our central mission: to ensure everyone has a place they’re proud to call home.

“Our 2024/25 performance figures reflect the Agency’s determination and passion for housing and regeneration. We’ve exceeded our delivery targets by supporting our housebuilding partners to create much-needed new homes and we’ve worked more closely with mayors across the country to champion place-making and drive regional growth.”

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These figures reflect Homes England’s growing impact as a national housing and regeneration agency, working with hundreds of local, regional, and national partners to accelerate development and place-making across the country.

Homes England continues to support local leaders through targeted interventions, including land acquisition in Nottingham, on-the-ground expertise in York and Bristol, as well as strategic partnerships with the North East Combined Authority, Liverpool City Region, and Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority

Housing Minister Matthew Pennycook also said:

“Homes England is playing a crucial role in supporting the government’s Plan for Change to build 1.5 million new homes and deliver the biggest increase in social and affordable housebuilding in a generation.

“Last year I set out ambitious priorities for Homes England and I am pleased that the Agency has exceeded key housebuilding targets to ramp up the delivery of new homes and place-based regeneration. This is alongside backing SME housebuilders and bolstering the government’s wider devolution agenda to unlock much-needed housing and growth.”

The agency is also on track to fully allocate the 2021–26 Affordable Homes Programme, including recent top-ups. Projects like Union Village in Middlesbrough are delivering safe, affordable homes in areas of high need.

Homes England is also backing innovation and sustainability through partnerships such as a low-carbon housing initiative, and a master developer joint venture.

Furthermore, support for SME homebuilders is also growing, with funding from the Home Building Fund helping firms to  expand and the Greener Homes Alliance further boosting energy-efficient housing delivery.

These achievements will be detailed in Homes England’s full annual report, due this summer.

 

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