London architecture leaders responds to housing supply figures

Steven Charlton, managing director of Perkins+Will’s London practice said:
“Government will point to the increased number of completions in today’s stats and say its policies are working. But completions are a picture of the market two years ago and housing starts tell a different story. With the looming Brexit debacle, confidence is only to decline further and thus the for-sale market will slow even more, so there needs to be more focus on alternative tenures that continue building during a downturn: social and professional rented housing. Building design will play a big part in winning over more support and further showing the quality that social and rental housing can provide for the next generation of people who will realise they neither want nor need to own a home.”