The G15 group of housing associations in London began work last year on the lowest number of homes since they started publishing combined data five years ago, figures reveal.

Members of the group started work on 10,951 homes in 2020/21, a 30% drop on the 15,709 started in 2019/20 and lower than in any year since 2015/16. A G15 spokesperson said, however, that G15 members are forecasting a record number of 17,000 starts in 2021/22 as delayed work gets under way.

Completions, by contrast, appear to have stood up well in the face of the covid-19 lockdown. 

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