The building of new social housing in the UK continues to stutter with numbers down 41% for the quarter March to May 2012, compared to the same period last year, new figures from NHBC revealed today. The 7,090 public sector housing registrations for the quarter is down from 12,003 in 2011. Meanwhile, registrations to build new homes in the private sector, the current engine for much-needed growth in the UK’s overall housing supply, have also decreased (3%) from the same period last year (20,...