People & Money: Fundamental to Unlocking the Housing Crisis

Resource by Arcadis, Construction Consultancy

Summary

It is rare that all resources needed to deliver a programme – the people, the money and the materials – are readily available at the same time. This report from construction consultancy Arcadis illustrates that over the past 15 years, labour has been seen as the biggest source of capacity constraint for the construction industry. Alongside this, issues around finance capacity continue to restrain house building, with the need to create a stable environment for investment.

This report explores the issues around capacity and provides solutions to ease the housing crisis.