In August 2018 the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Shared Data Unit reported house-building across half of England was slower than it had been before the financial crash.
Our analysis revealed almost a decade on from the 2008 crisis, some 52% of councils saw fewer homes built in the past year than in the year leading up to the crisis.
80% of council areas (267 out of 333 with comparable data) saw fewer homes built annually than the government estimated they needed.
This piece of content was produced by local newspaper journalists working alongside Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ staff.
The Shared Data Unit makes data journalism available to news organisations across the media industry, as part of a partnership between the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ and the News Media Association. Stories generated by the partnership included:
- Yorkshire Evening Post: 14 August 2018
- Pirate FM: 14 August 2018
- Northumberland Gazette: 14 August 2018
- Cornish Stuff: 14 August 2018
- Yorkshire Post: 14 August 2018
- Falmouth Packet: 14 August 2018
- Bob FM: 14 August 2018
- Rochdale Online: 14 August 2018
- Stourbridge News: 14 August 2018
- Cornwall Live: 14 August 2018
- Wigan Today: 14 August 2018
- News Guardian: 14 August 2018
- In Your Area: 14 August 2018
- Lynn News: 14 August 2018
- Kidderminster Shuttle: 15 August 2018
- Halesowen News: 15 August 2018
- Stroud News & Journal: 15 August 2018
- York: The Press: 16 August 2018
- Worcester News: 16 August 2018
- Ilford Recorder: 16 August 2018
- Teeside Live: 16 August 2018
- Devon Live: 17 August 2018
- Harrogate Advertiser: 17 August 2018
- Romford Recorder: 20 August 2018
This story was also used by Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Cornwall, Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Somerset, Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Devon, Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Lancashire, Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio York, Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Surrey, Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Lincolnshire and Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Tees