HBF Conference focuses on delivery, diversity and quality

“The best of times, the worst of times” – that Dickensian quote from A tale of two cities was how HBF executive chairman Stewart Baseley summed up the housebuilding industry at this year’s HBF Policy conference in London on March 21^st.

And indeed the conference - chaired by Natalie Elphicke, ceo of the Housing and Finance Institute - reflected this with speakers giving a mixture of views on the challenges ahead and the opportunities that abound.

Baseley himself ran though a plethora of issues facing the industry and how HBF was addressing them – including those of skills, quality, the Letwin review, diversity, leasehold, SMEs and the planning system. But he was keen to send a message to the government – that the industry is stepping up to the plate to deliver the new homes the country …