Claim: Last year we saw 217,000 more homes being built in this country. That is a record—apart from one year—for the last 30 years.
Fact-check: Is house building at record levels? - Full Fact
Verdict: 217,000 is how many more homes there were in england in 2016/17 than the year before. that's the second highest increase on record over the last 26 years. 184,000 of these were newly built in 2016/17.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Joël Reland
Date published: 2017-12-14T00:00:00