<p>The housing industry is “at the forefront of a seismic shift” in the way people are now viewing their homes and communities, the housing minister Christopher Pincher said today (November 16).</p> <p> Speaking at today’s online Housing Market Intelligence Conference, Pincher said the government had placed housing at the centre of its recovery ambitions.</p> <p> He reiterated the government’s intention to reach its homes target, including through changes to planning and moves toward design-led, green homes. Pincher also noted the robustness of the housing market.</p> <p> “We’ve lost ground due to the pandemic. But the market has proved itself to be more resilient than people expected,” he said. “There is no question we need to go further and faster to deliver the commitment of 1 million homes by the end of this parliamentary term.”</p> <p> But these new homes could not be “anywheresville but where people want to live”. </p> <p> Pincher said the pandemic had given many people “a new and profound appreciation of their homes and communities”. </p> <p> “We hope with government support that this will be an opportunity not just to build, build, build, but build better and more beautiful and build communities that not only …