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NaCSBA appoints former MP as new Chair
N aCSBA has appointed the custom and self-build sector, particularly among smaller builders who rely on supportive planning policy and clearer routes to market. Bacon, long recognised for championing custom and self build in parliament, previously sponsored the Right to Build legislation and led the government-commissioned Bacon Review in 2021. Although no longer former MP Richard Bacon as the new Chair, a move welcomed across an MP, he remained connected to housing policy, which NaCSBA said would be vital as the sector continued to push for opportunities for people to commission and build their own homes. NaCSBA Chief Executive Peter Johns commented on Bacon’s “passion and
the association looked forward to working with him to make self- commissioned housing a more mainstream option. Addressing supply issues Bacon said he was “delighted and honoured” to take on the challenge at a time when the UK’s housing model “no longer worked properly”. He warned that younger households were increasingly priced out, with rent consuming “far too high a proportion” of income. He said innovation in self- commissioned housing could help address supply issues, noting that the Competition and Markets Authority had highlighted custom and self build as key to improving diversity in new-build delivery.
£129.8m The amount CITB has spent on construction training grants . It also invested £53.4 million in skills funding. Source: CITB
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NaCSBA said Bacon’s leadership would help its mission to widen
energy for custom and self build were well known”. He said Bacon’s backing in parliament had been “invaluable”, and that
opportunities for people to design and build the homes they want, while strengthening the case for a more varied and SME- friendly housing market.
£1.3bn The current funding by Energy Company Obligation (ECO) for energy-efficiency upgrades each year, which will be discontinued by the government in March. Source: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
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