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<p>The most recent figures available are for the financial year 2021-22. In that year,
there were 210,070 new build homes completed. Of these, 56,674 were affordable housing,
including 6,635 for social rent. This means that 27% of all new build homes was affordable
housing. A further 2,682 new affordable homes, including 1,009 for social rent, were
delivered through acquisitions of existing stock or had no information available as
to whether they were acquisitions or new build.</p><p>These data are available in
Live Tables 120 and 1000 via the links below:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-net-supply-of-housing"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-net-supply-of-housing</a></p><p><a
href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-affordable-housing-supply"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-affordable-housing-supply</a></p><p>The
department has released experimental statistics which estimate a net measure of the
supply of affordable housing for rent by summarising the in and outflows to this sector
of the housing stock in England. These statistics are still in development and so
have a wider degree of uncertainty than more established figures. For 2021-22, the
figures show that local authority affordable housing stock for rent decreased by nearly
7,200 while the rental stock owned by private registered providers increased by just
over 18,900, an estimated net increase of 11,700 affordable homes for rent for these
providers combined. Not all providers of affordable housing are covered, as non-registered
providers and units where the provider is unknown are not included. This was published
alongside the “Social housing sales and demolitions 2021-22” statistical release.
<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/social-housing-sales-and-demolitions-2021-22-england/social-housing-sales-and-demolitions-2021-22#net-supply-of-affordable-housing-for-rent"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/social-housing-sales-and-demolitions-2021-22-england/social-housing-sales-and-demolitions-2021-22#net-supply-of-affordable-housing-for-rent</a></p><p>The
currently available data do not allow for a breakdown by tenure, including for social
rent. Work has been ongoing with local authorities and the Regulator of Social Housing
(which collects data from private registered providers) to collect all data necessary
to provide a more comprehensive estimate, including by tenure. We hope to present
this in future statistical publications.</p>
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