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Guernsey needs to build more houses - what can be done to make that happen?

37 min · 7. apr. 2026
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The figures do not lie. Last year just 62 units were added to the housing stock in Guernsey, none of them in the affordable sector. The current overall target is around 300 houses a year. They are stark numbers. And Guernsey has rarely been anywhere close. If everything that was given the green light by planners went ahead, the island would not have the type of housing dilemma which is slowly strangling society and the economy. You can dive into any number of high level reports for the big picture, but work instigated 18 months ago under Environment & Infrastructure and now being taken forward by the Housing Committee has gone into the reality of what is happening on the ground. In this episode Housing Committee President Steve Williams and Infrastructure and Environment Director Claire Barrett discuss what action has been taken and what is on the horizon  to unlock housing development. You can also read the full story: https://www.thequarry.media/dig-this-... [https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbFpOekJYQm9RQm4wU0JETnliTmtrUER0UzV4UXxBQ3Jtc0ttdUkwelpwcHZ2OHJQcm81YU00Q09SeFJjQ3RGM09EaGxmVExZZXFzcUN5MFE4ZkF6MHp2TWhyTXRaYVRodlNsNEhtbGFybFpBTVptREFTaE5fQ2ZaRFdRcmtnbXlEVmQ2MUZPSWtVMVlFTXhOazNQbw&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thequarry.media%2Fdig-this-unlocking-housing-development-in-guernsey%2F&v=CcmZiMq_Y1g]

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