Housing Minister Grant Shapps today called on the country's aspiring self-builders to make a housebuilding revolution their New Year's resolution.Self-builders are already Britain's largest housebuilder, and account for one-fifth of Britain's new homes each year, but for far too long the aspirations of ordinary people to build their own home have been thwarted by barriers and red tape.
These obstacles have led to the UK having one of the lowest proportions of new homes built by self-builders in Europe - so Mr Shapps has pledged to end self-building as the preserve of the privileged few, and enable aspiring self-builders to put building their own home at the top of their New Year's resolutions.
Click here to read the full statement Grant Shapps: Build your new year's resolution with bricks and mortar
