The Construction Products Association (CPA) has said the government is not meeting its targets for social housing and is falling short of the number of new homes needed. In its report, Achievable Targets - Is Government Delivering?, the CPA said 35% of existing social housing stock (1.4 million) is still classified as non-decent and targets to meet the government’s 2010 refurbishment deadline are being missed. It also points out that the government’s commitment to increase building from 20,000 to 30,000 new homes per year by March 2008 is 30% less than recommended by the Barker Report. CPA chief executive Michael Ankers said: “We have the world’s fourth largest economy yet, even after a decade of unprecedented economic growth, we still remain bottom of the European league for the percentage of GDP invested in construction, spending only 7% compared with an average of 12%.” Commenting on the report CBI director-general Sir Digby Jones said: “Government has not been short on ambition but has failed to meet too many of its own targets, has failed to monitor progress, and has failed to demonstrate whether the billions already spent have been good value investments. The private sector would never be allowed to treat …