The Government aims to build 3 million new homes in the UK by 2020. This target of 240,000 new homes per year is around 30,000 higher than current construction rates.

We have identified a number of key barriers to delivery. These include:

• Lengthy, complex, and potentially onerous Section 106 agreements

•Increasing land costs

•Increasing build costs

•Costs of ‘Going Green’

Our "Barriers to Building" series will examine these in detail; the first in the series looks at the Section 106 agreements.

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