Responding to a report from the National Housing and Planning Advice Unit suggesting that housebuilding in England may need to reach 270,000 per year to meet demand, HBF Executive Chairman Stewart Baseley says: "Britain's housing crisis has only one solution - building more homes. "To build more homes, we need more land. Without land with implementable planning permission, our housing targets will remain unfulfilled dreams." - Ends - Notes for Editors 1. The Home Builders Federation (HBF) is the principal trade federation for private sector home builders and voice of the home building industry in England and Wales. The HBF's 300 member firms account for some 80% of all new homes built in England and Wales in any one year, and include companies of all sizes, ranging from multi-national, household names through regionally based businesses to small local companies: www.hbf.co.uk 2. The report from the National Housing Planning and Advice Unit can be found here: http://www.communities.gov.uk/publications/housing/supplynewhomes For all media information, please contact: Paul Boulter 0207 421 6140 07814 506 378 paul.boulter@portlandpr.co.uk
