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🏡 Some useful facts about the social and economic benefits of home building 👇 🏗️ 🏡 Home building is at the coalface of tackling the housing crisis. In the last 5 years alone, builders have delivered around 1.2 million much-needed homes. 👷♀️ 👷 💼 The home building industry supports around 750,000 jobs and more than 8,000 apprenticeships. That’s enough jobs to employ the entire population of Sheffield. 🌲 🏞️ Residential home builders contribute more than £70 million a year for community open spaces, as part of section 106 agreements. This could fund a new playground in every town in England. 🏫 Home builders provide almost £195 million of investment into local schools each year. This is used to develop new and existing schools within communities. 🛍️ Home building leads to £12.5 billion of spending in supply chains and £6.3 billion of spending in local shops. 📈 It’s estimated that every 1,000 new homes built… … adds 1% to GDP.

Sempra Homes and Basildon Borough Council have been awarded £2.4 million of funding to support the delivery of affordable housing at its forthcoming developments, Tyefields and Broadmayne, in Basildon. The funding, secured from the recently extended £500m Affordable Housing Programme, will enable Sempra Homes to convert 50% of the homes at the two developments to affordable tenure. This includes 17 social rented council homes and 13 shared ownership homes, with priority given to Basildon residents and veterans. Melanie Keys CIHCM, Service Manager at Sempra Homes says, “We welcome this additional Government funding, which will enable us to deliver much-needed affordable homes to Basildon residents. Significant progress has already been made at Tyefields and Broadmayne with our contractor partner, The Hill Group. We are on track to deliver these homes by March 2026, with two of the social rented homes at Broadmayne ready as early as Spring 2025.  “This funding is in addition to the £11.4 million already allocated to our Chapelgate development for essential infrastructure works and 70 social rented homes, as well as£300,000 infrastructure funding to unlock Broadmayne.” Read more here- https://lnkd.in/e8RDhE2d Homes England Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government #OnePublicEstate Hill Group UK  #buildingabrighterfuture #newdevelopments #newhomes #sharedownership #affordablehomes #socialrent #basildon #essex #homesinbasildon

🇦🇺️ Construction is facing a looming crisis. According to industry veteran Scott Challen, CEO of The QHI Group. A critical sector contributing over 10% of the nation's GDP is facing "a perfect storm of challenges" We're dealing with a triple threat - The exodus of tradies, stretched supply chains and labor shortages. Baby Boomer builders are retiring, and there is pretty much no replacement. Younger generations are discouraged and are leaving due to tough working conditions. And this lack of replacements is compounded by a significant drop in apprenticeships. According to Scott, 50,000 apprentices have left the program so fat in one year. A shortfall that could cripple the industry's ability to meet the government's ambitious target of building 1.2 million homes in five years. This lack of replacements is compounded by a significant drop in apprenticeships. We need to acknowledge the gravity of the situation. Urgent action is needed to address the skilled labor gap. However you look at it, we need a culture change. We need to make careers in the trades more attractive. We need to encourage more Australians to enter or return to the trades. What are your thoughts on how to address this? #construction #tradies #skillsgap #culturechange #australia #EPIC #AusConstruction #diversity #workplaceculture https://lnkd.in/gf4Nw2QK

🇦🇺️ Construction is facing a looming crisis. According to industry veteran Scott Challen, CEO of The QHI Group. A critical sector contributing over 10% of the nation's GDP is facing "a perfect storm of challenges" We're dealing with a triple threat - The exodus of tradies, stretched supply chains and labor shortages. Baby Boomer builders are retiring, and there is pretty much no replacement. Younger generations are discouraged and are leaving due to tough working conditions. And this lack of replacements is compounded by a significant drop in apprenticeships. According to Scott, 50,000 apprentices have left the program so far in one year. A shortfall that could cripple the industry's ability to meet the government's ambitious target of building 1.2 million homes in five years. This lack of replacements is compounded by a significant drop in apprenticeships. We need to acknowledge the gravity of the situation. Urgent action is needed to address the skilled labour gap. However you look at it, we need a culture change. We need to make careers in the trades more attractive. We need to encourage more Australians to enter or return to the trades. What are your thoughts on how to address this? #construction #tradies #skillsgap #culturechange #australia #EPIC #AusConstruction #diversity #workplaceculture https://lnkd.in/g9UvYKwh

#HousingCrisis #NewHouseBuildsDown * According to figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics, the 2023-24 financial year was the worst in over a decade for new home builds. * The amount of new homes built in the past year has sunk to a number not seen since 2011-12. * New home builds reached a five-year peak in 2017-18, with 229,619 new homes beginning construction that year. * And it's unsurprising given the fresh data issued from the National Centre for Vocational Education Research, which found fewer young Australians are starting apprenticeships. Australia is becoming a third world country. #HousingCrisis #RentalCrisis #YouthCrime #CostOfLiving #GasSupply #NewHouseBuildsDown #Immigration https://lnkd.in/gD6ZhcTS

For me, what Simon Kuestenmacher outlines in this article is another reason why Australia should have a public housing developer, or reforms that enable private/public partnerships, which provide stability in the construction sector. The boom and bust cycles we experience do not encourage apprenticeship completion rates, innovation or education in STEM, especially for young men, who are well suited to use technology to innovate in the MMC space. https://lnkd.in/g5cw983S #ModernMethodsOfConstruction #AffordableHousing #TheStatsGuy

The UK’s housing crisis demands action, but achieving Labour’s target of 1.5 million new homes hinges on closing the construction skills gap. 🛠️ With an ageing workforce and a shortage of skilled builders, training is the key to unlocking progress. Expanding apprenticeships, upskilling workers, and creating clear career pathways will ensure we meet housing demands sustainably and efficiently. Investing in training isn’t just smart—it’s essential for a skilled, inclusive, and resilient workforce that can shape the homes of tomorrow. Read our article surrounding the latest targets and the role training is set to play here: https://bit.ly/3VKKnPS #HousingCrisis #SkillsGap #TrainingMatters #ConstructionJobs #FutureBuilders

Last week, a few of the ATT team attended a breakfast with tradies from across east Auckland where they heard from Simeon Brown, MP for Transport & Local Government, and Chris Penk, MP for Construction. They shared insights into their plans to streamline and simplify the construction process, from consents to approved materials and beyond. ATT Chief Executive, Nicola Dashper, had the opportunity to discuss the critical shortage of tradespeople our industry is facing. While there's no lack of enthusiasm from young people eager to enter the trades, we're experiencing a significant challenge in finding hosts for these aspiring apprentices. They delved into the hurdles we're encountering with training such as tutor shortages, course cancellations, and over-durations that are impacting our ability to develop a skilled workforce efficiently. It was encouraging to engage in these conversations and we look forward to seeing progress in these areas. Together, we can build a stronger, more resilient construction sector. #construction #trades #workforcegevelopment #governmentinitiatives

Development Day session with NI Housing Apprentices today and we were joined by Nigel Finney CIHCM, chair of CIH Professional Standards committee and Iain Gillespie of CIH Futures NI. The topic we covered was "Professional Development". What does this mean to you? * set your own high standards and care about every aspect of your job If you work in Housing and you haven't checked out Chartered Institute of Housing Professional Standards, you should. See link below https://lnkd.in/eyY5tDG8

You might have spotted this video on our Department’s social media channels sharing some of our progress since launching Homes for Queenslanders. This plan sets an ambitious target to deliver a million more homes by 2046. We could not achieve this target without addressing the housing system as a whole and partnering across the sector with many others working towards this same goal. A few highlights from our progress include: 🏠 Opening a new Rapid Accommodation and Apprenticeship Centre in Cairns, which is being used to build modular homes for social and government housing. 🏠The $160 million Renters Relief package, which means more Queenslanders are eligible for our rental products and services. 🏠Increasing and expanding our Immediate Housing Response Program so more people can access emergency accommodation. We're working hard to provide better housing outcomes, both now and for future generations of Queenslanders. Find out more about the plan: https://lnkd.in/gpkBEenh