<p>Housing stock net additions rose to 241,130 in 2018/19, representing a <span>93% increase </span>over the past six years, according to the latest government figures.</p> <p>Of these, close to <span>214,000 were new build completions, the government’s data showed. </span></p> <p><span>The Home Builders Federation noted the substantial increase – the highest number since the 1980s - from a low of just over 124,000 in 2013/14, “providing a huge social and economic boost”. The latest numbers are a 9% increase on 2017/18’s figures.</span></p> <p><span> “They show that the unprecedented increase in housing supply of recent years has continued despite the ongoing political and economic uncertainties,” HBF said, with more than 1 million homes being added to the housing stock over the past five years.</span></p> <p><span>The figures come as HBF and Glenigan release their latest Housing Pipeline report, which indicates that, “assuming a level of stability” these increases will continue, HBF said. It pointed to the report, revealing that almost 380,000</span><span> </span><span>planning permissions were granted in England in the year to June.</span></p> <p><span>“These permissions, that in the main will be built over the next three or four years once processed by the planning system, demonstrate the commitment of the housebuilding industry to delivering the …