Investment welcome but more needed

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The UK Timber Frame Association has welcomed the government's Budget announcement of plans to invest £1bn to boost UK housing, but believes that more could have been done in order to help Britain's economic recovery.

Geoff Arnold, chairman of the UKTFA, commented: "The house building sector is in major crisis. The chancellor's announcement today has not proved to be either positive or new – the measures don't go far enough to tackling the housing dilemma we are currently facing. In particular, a lot more investment needs to be pumped into the social housing sector.

"We are encouraged by the government's commitment to invest £100m for local authorities to build energy efficient houses. Timber frame is highly responsive to such needs. We have the ability to deliver high quality, energy efficient homes cost effectively and, through the use of offsite construction, very quickly. owever, the advent of this new housing provision needs to be the start of something big, not a symbolic gesture."

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