Housebuilders and industry experts have moved to defend the industry against claims by CABE that new homes are not big enough for everyday life. CABE (Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment) interviewed 2,500 private new home owners living in London for its report – Space in new homes: what residents think – and said it had found that private homes did not have adequate space to prepare food comfortably, entertain guests for dinner or relax. A spokesperson for the Home Builders Federation (HBF) commented that housebuilders needed to build homes that people could afford: “If the planning system rations the amount of permissioned land for housing, and therefore creates a serious undersupply of housing, prices will be very high in relation to incomes. This means housebuilders have to build smaller dwellings than would be possible if there was an adequate supply of housing to ensure people can afford them.” <br> <br> David Bexon, md of smartnewhomes.com, claimed that CABE’s report was misleading: “To simply suggest that all new homes are too small is both misleading and misinformed. “While the issues raised in this report should not be ignored, it is important to keep in mind that the research was …