Angela Rayner announces mandatory housing targets of over 370,000 a year

Angela Rayner walking towards number 10 Downing Street
Angela Rayner has announced new mandatory housing targets of over 370,000 homes per year (Image credit: Getty Images)

Angela Rayner has announced her plans to bring mandatory housing targets of over 370,000 a year as she claims the UK is facing the "most acute housing crisis in living memory".

In a speech in the Commons, she outlined Labour's commitment to meet housing targets by forcing councils to allow more homebuilding projects or else face having their green belt land targeted for development.

Joseph Mullane
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News Editor Joseph has previously written for Today’s Media and Chambers & Partners, focusing on news for conveyancers and industry professionals.  Joseph has just started his own self build project, building his own home on his family’s farm with planning permission for a timber frame, three-bedroom house in a one-acre field. The foundation work has already begun and he hopes to have the home built in the next year. Prior to this he renovated his family's home as well as doing several DIY projects, including installing a shower, building sheds, and livestock fences and shelters for the farm’s animals. Outside of homebuilding, Joseph loves rugby and has written for Rugby World, the world’s largest rugby magazine.