Homes England’s £11.5bn affordable homes programme is expected to undershoot a lowered estimate for delivery, a senior official for the government agency has confirmed.

The programme was originally expected to deliver 180,000 homes, however the National Audit Office said in September 2022 it forecasts completions to be 32,000 homes fewer.

Shahi Islam, director of affordable housing at Homes England, has now confirmed to Housing Today that completions will be “some way” lower than this revised 158,000-home target.