By Chris Dorrell An influential think tank has argued that the government is unlikely to meet its ambitious housebuilding targets because it is “too reliant” on the private sector. The government has set itself a target of building 1.5m new homes over the course of the parliament, which would require annual housebuilding levels to rise to around 300,000, levels last seen in the 1960s. The latest available figures show that only 234,000 new dwellings were completed in the 2023 financial year, which was little changed on 2022. To help meet its targets, the government has announced a set of major…