Yvette Cooper points to modern approaches to construction

The Housing Corporation and English Partnerships have jointly published a document that highlights the importance of using moderns methods of construction.

Housing Minister Yvette Cooper touched on the publication of the document, Modern Talking: Building better value homes using modern approaches, which illustrates how quickly the use of modern methods is growing, in her speech at the Regenex conference in London today.

The report highlighted that 41% of affordable homes last year were built using modern approaches, against a government target of 25%.

Housing Corporation chairman Peter Dixon said: "Modern Talking is a fantastic testament to the work of affordable housing providers and their ability to respond to the challenge to build better, cheaper homes using modern approaches to construction.

"The challenge now is to build upon this experience further and embed the best of modern practice into the mainstream. I have every confidence that the affordable housing sector will achieve this and continue to be at the cutting edge of efficient methods of construction," he added.