LiveWest has become the latest housing association to miss its development target for 2021/22, citing inflation and shortages of labour and materials.

The 38,000-home association, in its financial statements for the year to 31 March, reported that it completed 800 affordable homes in 2021/22 around 72% of its original 1,100-home target for the year.

It said: “Our development programme continued to be impacted by the pandemic which together with material and labour shortages resulted in significant handover delays.”