But housing association says amount 鈥渟ignificantly鈥� below what it had been planning originally

Peabody has increased its annual spend on development, investing 拢550m in new homes in 2022/23 despite cutting back on original new build plans.

In an unaudited trading update published on Friday, the 拢1.1bn turnover housing association, which has recently merged with Catalyst, said it built 2,399 homes overall in 2022/23, up from the 1,435 homes completed by the two organisations the previous year.

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Peabody鈥檚 Southmere scheme, part of the Thamesmead regeneration project in South-east London

Its spend of 拢550m on new homes is a 14% increase on the total amount spent on development in 2021/22 by Peabody and Catalyst, which invested 拢355m and 拢128m respectively.

However, Antony Marriott, director of treasury and corporate finance at Peabody, told 黑洞社区鈥檚 sister title Housing Today the figure is much lower than the amount it had originally envisaged to spend.

He added: 鈥淲hile still a substantial investment building on our successful sales activity during the year, it is significantly below what was anticipated at merger.

鈥淭his reflects a rebalancing of our expenditure to focus on existing homes and respond appropriately to the current economic environment. We are carefully managing our development programme and maintaining appropriate flexibility on the level of future spend and commitments.鈥�

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In 2021, the late Bob Kerslake, then chair of Peabody, said the  But in April, chief executive Ian McDermott said  due to rising inflation and interest rates.

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