A council with a 12-year wait for social housing has been slammed for having one of the “worst” records in the country for building new homes.
Stockport built just over half the homes it needs between 2020 to 2023 according to the government’s latest housing delivery test figures.
It should have built 2,991 new homes, but managed a total of 1,613 - the lowest rate in Greater Manchester at 54 percent of what was required.
The test looks at housebuilding by non-metropolitan districts, metropolitan boroughs, London boroughs and development corporations with plan-making and decision-making powers.
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