27/11/2025
There is growing interest from institutional investors as the UK Government strives to hit ambitious housing targets. UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s government has repeatedly promised to deliver 1.5 million new homes to tackle the country’s housing crisis. The onus of development will be on the private sector, which the government is encouraging through planning reform, grants, training for the construction workforce and more.
Following the Spring Statement, the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) forecasted that the government would not reach that figure by 2029, as Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner has promised, even with the planning reforms. The head of the UK’s largest housebuilding company reflected this sentiment, saying that an industry-wide skills shortage means there are not enough workers to reach this goal.
However, after the former administration’s lacklustre, decade-long campaign to address the housing issue in the UK, this change in attitude is still welcomed by many in the industry.
https://www.investmentmonitor.ai/features/as-the-uk-addresses-its-housing-crisis-will-there-be-a-role-for-foreign-investment/?cf-view
