Over the next 25 years, the UK needs to build around 6 million new homes to give everyone a decent affordable place to live. During the same period the UK is committed to fully decarbonising our economy, helping lead the world in preventing catastrophic climate change, improving the natural environment against a backdrop of decline and adapting to a rapidly changing climate.
This creates not only an imperative but also a collective opportunity for our generation to build better performing, higher quality homes and communities for people and the environment than ever before – and in doing so substantially improve quality of life.
We can only succeed in this shared mission, however, if we – homebuilders, central and local government, financial institutions, the third sector and the wide community of people who work within and supply the new homes community – work to a single plan.