Britain’s housing crisis deepens

Half a century of steady UK home construction decline has led to numbers being at their worst level since World War II – requiring more than four million new homes be built to reverse the shortfall


NEW HOME CONSTRUCTION
Cumulative difference between UK and Western Europe, millions

UK builds more homes than Europe

From 1977, UK builds less homes than Europe

4.3m housing deficit

Similar number of dwellings as in London

1.0 
0.5 
0 
-0.5 
-1.0 
-1.5 
-2.0 
-2.5 
-3.0 
-3.5 
-4.0
-4.5
	1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 


Source: Bloomberg 
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