Spending on housing and community amenities, real terms: record highs and lows

The extremes of spending on housing and community amenities, real terms as published by HM Treasury, across the 24 periods held here (Year ending March 2003 to Year ending March 2026). Each record is a published figure, not a computed one, and the scope is this series — not “ever”.

Highest published

£25bnYear ending March 2010

Lowest published

£9.5bnYear ending March 2003

The full series

Spending on housing and community amenities, real terms: Year ending March 2003 to Year ending March 2026LabourLabourLabourLabourCoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabour0102020052010201520202025Year ending March 2003: £9.5bn £ billion, 2024-25 prices · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2004: £12bn £ billion, 2024-25 prices · published 2 September 2026Year ending March 2005: £14bn £ billion, 2024-25 prices · published 2 September 2026Year ending March 2006: £18.1bn £ billion, 2024-25 prices · published 2 September 2026Year ending March 2007: £18.9bn £ billion, 2024-25 prices · published 2 September 2026Year ending March 2008: £21bn £ billion, 2024-25 prices · published 2 September 2026Year ending March 2009: £23.8bn £ billion, 2024-25 prices · published 2 September 2026Year ending March 2010: £25bn £ billion, 2024-25 prices · published 2 September 2026Year ending March 2011: £20.1bn £ billion, 2024-25 prices · published 2 September 2026Year ending March 2012: £15.1bn £ billion, 2024-25 prices · published 2 September 2026Year ending March 2013: £14.5bn £ billion, 2024-25 prices · published 2 September 2026Year ending March 2014: £14.1bn £ billion, 2024-25 prices · published 2 September 2026Year ending March 2015: £14.5bn £ billion, 2024-25 prices · published 2 September 2026Year ending March 2016: £13.7bn £ billion, 2024-25 prices · published 2 September 2026Year ending March 2017: £14.1bn £ billion, 2024-25 prices · published 2 September 2026Year ending March 2018: £15.4bn £ billion, 2024-25 prices · published 2 September 2026Year ending March 2019: £16bn £ billion, 2024-25 prices · published 2 September 2026Year ending March 2020: £18.2bn £ billion, 2024-25 prices · published 2 September 2026Year ending March 2021: £16.7bn £ billion, 2024-25 prices · published 2 September 2026Year ending March 2022: £18.5bn £ billion, 2024-25 prices · published 2 September 2026Year ending March 2023: £19.7bn £ billion, 2024-25 prices · published 2 September 2026Year ending March 2024: £22.5bn £ billion, 2024-25 prices · published 2 September 2026Year ending March 2025: £22.4bn £ billion, 2024-25 prices · published 2 September 2026Year ending March 2026: £22.5bn £ billion, 2024-25 prices · published 2 September 2026

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The chart as a table
PeriodSpending on housing and community amenities, real terms
Year ending March 2003£9.5bn
Year ending March 2004£12bn
Year ending March 2005£14bn
Year ending March 2006£18.1bn
Year ending March 2007£18.9bn
Year ending March 2008£21bn
Year ending March 2009£23.8bn
Year ending March 2010£25bn
Year ending March 2011£20.1bn
Year ending March 2012£15.1bn
Year ending March 2013£14.5bn
Year ending March 2014£14.1bn
Year ending March 2015£14.5bn
Year ending March 2016£13.7bn
Year ending March 2017£14.1bn
Year ending March 2018£15.4bn
Year ending March 2019£16bn
Year ending March 2020£18.2bn
Year ending March 2021£16.7bn
Year ending March 2022£18.5bn
Year ending March 2023£19.7bn
Year ending March 2024£22.5bn
Year ending March 2025£22.4bn
Year ending March 2026£22.5bn

What a record here is, and is not

A record is the extreme of the periods this site holds for the current series, at each period’s newest published release. Earlier series measured under different methods are not compared against it. Money is in cash terms: a record set years ago stands against the money of its own year.