1,000 New Homes Join ￡1bn Rsl Backlog Each Month

摘要

Housing associations are still completing more than 1,000 shared-ownership homes every month, even though at least ￡1bn of them are lying empty or unsold.rnThe government's social housing agency last week said 9,655 homes were unsold, with 3,677, worth ￡640m, vacant for more than six months. This equates to almost half of last year's production of 21,538 low-cost home ownership (LCHO) homes.rnThe Housing Corporation also said 1,000 homes were still being built, and confirmed Building's report last month that ￡1bn-worth were unsold. Many registered social landlords use the receipts from LCHO schemes to subsidise the building of houses for affordable rent. They claim the backlog could impair their ability to build more.