> Just shy of 10,000 of the 32,000 homes Manchester wants to see built by the early 2030s have been completed, the city council has said. In a recent update to members on its housing strategy, Manchester City Council said it had delivered nearly a third of its 2032 target to date. Last year was a particularly good year for delivery, with 2,993 homes built – the best return in 15 years. The city council is also on record as saying the 2025/26 FY will be the best since the mid-1990s for housing delivery.
> Manchester is aiming for 10,000 of the 32,000 total to be affordable. Of the 2,993 homes built last year, 791 were available on affordable tenures. Overall, 21% of the 10,000 affordable homes target has been delivered with 59% of these capped at the social rent level, a nearly 30% improvement on efforts prior to the adoption of the housing strategy. There are 1,459 affordable homes on site currently, which includes 814 social rent homes – with a further 2,704 homes with planning permission or with an application submitted, the city council said.
> Cllr Gavin White, Manchester City Council’s executive member for housing and development, said: “Our housing strategy was designed to be ambitious and to drive significant housing delivery across the city, including thousands of social rent, Council and genuinely affordable homes to help meet demand as Manchester’s population continues to grow. Four years in and we are already seeing positive progress against our targets and we know that our strong pipeline of major projects will continue to grow in the coming years. Our progress so far is a testament to the strong work partnerships we have in Manchester and the registered providers that are committed to delivering the homes our residents need. Building homes at scale – particularly social rent housing – remains a major challenge for cities across the UK, but we have created a really strong base of projects that will help accelerate new home building in the coming years.”
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> Just shy of 10,000 of the 32,000 homes Manchester wants to see built by the early 2030s have been completed, the city council has said. In a recent update to members on its housing strategy, Manchester City Council said it had delivered nearly a third of its 2032 target to date. Last year was a particularly good year for delivery, with 2,993 homes built – the best return in 15 years. The city council is also on record as saying the 2025/26 FY will be the best since the mid-1990s for housing delivery.
> Manchester is aiming for 10,000 of the 32,000 total to be affordable. Of the 2,993 homes built last year, 791 were available on affordable tenures. Overall, 21% of the 10,000 affordable homes target has been delivered with 59% of these capped at the social rent level, a nearly 30% improvement on efforts prior to the adoption of the housing strategy. There are 1,459 affordable homes on site currently, which includes 814 social rent homes – with a further 2,704 homes with planning permission or with an application submitted, the city council said.
> Cllr Gavin White, Manchester City Council’s executive member for housing and development, said: “Our housing strategy was designed to be ambitious and to drive significant housing delivery across the city, including thousands of social rent, Council and genuinely affordable homes to help meet demand as Manchester’s population continues to grow. Four years in and we are already seeing positive progress against our targets and we know that our strong pipeline of major projects will continue to grow in the coming years. Our progress so far is a testament to the strong work partnerships we have in Manchester and the registered providers that are committed to delivering the homes our residents need. Building homes at scale – particularly social rent housing – remains a major challenge for cities across the UK, but we have created a really strong base of projects that will help accelerate new home building in the coming years.”
Now it needs a proper metro.
Are they any details about what they did differently to everyone else?