The number of housing starts by the group of 15 London-focused housing associations fell in the year to March as the industry battled with rising cost pressures, even though the previous year had been impacted by the covid pandemic.

Starts by G15 housing associations in the 2021/22 financial year fell to 10,951, 3.1% below ther 2020/21 figure which had felt the force of first wave of covid lockdowns when  building sites were shut for weeks. However, the group said that completions in the year were up.

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