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A career in home building is full of potential and the opportunity to progress. The home building industry is a major source of training and employment, supporting around 750,000 jobs last year – including around 9,000 trainees and apprentices – across a broad range of roles from design and architecture to engineering, construction, and sales.

There are diverse range of career pathways and entry routes available in the home building industry. Government support will be crucial to fully close the skills gap and meet housing ambitions. This includes… 📌 Ensuring all entry routes – including apprenticeship schemes – are accessible 📌 Providing long-term investment in further education 📌 Taking steps to address viability, planning and demand-side barriers.

70% of young people say job protection from #AI is a key motivation for joining the industry. AI presents opportunities for greater productivity and planning, but most roles remain AI-resistant by their nature. Just 6% of #construction businesses expect AI adoption to reduce company headcount in the future - compared to 11% of businesses in other industries.

Supporting the future of home building 👷‍♀️🎓 We’re proud to be part of the @homebuildersfederation ’s Partner a College programme, a two-year pilot funded by @citb_uk helping students gain practical experience and build the skills needed for a career in construction. Through this initiative at Hollinsgate in Burnley, we’re working to open doors for local talent and inspire the next generation of the industry. At Prospect Homes, we’re passionate about creating opportunities as well as communities 🤝 #homebuildersfederation #citb #prospecthomes #newbuild #newhome

Building the homes of the future starts with building the workforce behind them. At the 2026 HBF Skills Reception, MPs met apprentices, trainees, graduates and new entrants from across the home building industry to see first-hand the breadth of careers and entry routes our sector offers.

HAPPY WORLD PLUMBING DAY! And what better way to celebrate this than talking to the next generations of people starting their careers in construction. Like any sector, it has it's challenges. And often the work we do is under appreciated and undervalued. But honestly? This job made me who I am- it gave me so many skills that I apply to so many different areas of my life every single day. And I just wish more people were given the chance to consider it as a career. Always keen to encourage folk from marginalised backgrounds and underrepresented groups to get in to this sector because I've also seen first hand how much stronger we get when we have a real mixture of people doing this job. Thanks to all the groups and people that work hard to make this career path more accessible to more people 💕 Thanks to @homebuildersfederation for organising this, and to everyone who came along. And shout-out as ever to my local gang @your.home.better who are chipping away at this relentlessly!

If we want to build 1.5 million new homes, that means the construction industry needs more skilled workers. Women like Claire, who completed the HBF Women into Homebuilding programme, are a huge part of making that happen. Happy #IWD2026

Last year, home builders provided around £1.3 billion to support community infrastructure… From national developers to regional builders, the industry plays a valuable role in the places people live and work – though often this contribution is overlooked. Whether it’s funding books for local schools, supporting grassroots football teams (and, for the record, that is not a dig at Southampton FC…), or nurturing local wildlife through thoughtful design, the benefits of home building stretch far beyond bricks and mortar. #NewHomesWeek #SME #HomeBuilding

Government has announced an ‘emergency’ approach to tackle Section 106 Affordable Housing market challenges The Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government has announced a new time-limited approach that will allow the tenure of uncontracted Section 106 units to be varied where no Registered Provider (RP) is willing to buy. The announcement comes following Government recognition that “challenges in the Section 106 market leading to a build-up of unsold and uncontracted homes have arisen due to range of factors”… … following sustained efforts by our team to increase awareness and understanding of the challenges within the S106 AH market, and the need for intervention. The scale of the challenge was highlighted both in our 2024 report Bid Farewell and the results of our 2025 Freedom of Information request sent to Local Authorities. A letter calling for Government action and jointly signed by more than 100 HBF members was also shared with Housing Minister, Matthew Pennycook last summer. We welcome today’s announcement and look forward to viewing additional detail that’ll follow. A full member briefing is available now at hbf.co.uk #AffordableHousing #Homebuilding #HousingUK

🏠 With New Homes Week approaching, we are sharing this short clip of Laura and Richard Ellam of @pivotdevelopments , whose remarkable journey began when they met on a Scottish oil rig. Two decades on, drawing on their expertise in engineering and technology, they founded Pivot Developments with a mission to create high‑quality, low‑carbon, energy‑efficient homes. 🌱”𝐼𝑡 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑒𝑠 𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑣𝑖𝑑𝑒 ℎ𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑣𝑖𝑡𝑦, 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑓𝑢𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒-𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑜𝑓 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑙𝑠𝑜 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑒𝑠 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑝𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑙𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑡ℎ𝑦 𝑙𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑠 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛” Laura Ellam Thank you for being part of last years campaign for 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐇𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐖𝐞𝐞𝐤, with Laura and Richard. 🔸 @homebuildersfederation 🔸

“As a family business, we very much feel like we build homes, not just houses.” #HomeBuilding #NewHomesWeek

Home building in England and Wales generated £47 billion worth of economic activity last year... But that's only part of the story. New Homes Week provides a welcome opportunity to highlight the benefits of development beyond bricks and mortar. With this year’s New Homes Week campaign a couple of weeks away (2 to 8 February), we’re revisiting the stories we showcased as part of last year’s campaign… Including this short piece with 3West Group’s Colin Palmer. #NewHomesWeek #NewBuild #SME #Smallbusiness