Today’s Spending Review was never going to be good for the housing sector. The target for 150,000 new affordable homes to be built over the next four years represents a cut of almost 30% in affordable housebuilding from current levels, which must be bad news for the construction sector. But it looks like the SR announcements may give a boost to the private rented sector.
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