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Affordable Housing

Asked by Lee AndersonReform UKMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled Answered 2 September 2024UIN 900289

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to build more affordable homes.

Answered by Angela Rayner

Due to the failures of the previous Government, the target for the Affordable Homes Programme has been cut from 180,000 to 130,000 homes, or less.

Ensuring the biggest boost to social and affordable housing in a generation is a personal priority.

We have already:

  • proposed reforms to the NPPF
  • asked Homes England and the GLA to maximise AHP allocations for social rent homes
  • given councils new flexibilities on how they spend their Right to Buy receipts
  • and confirmed we’ll set out more details on Government investment in social and affordable housing in the next Spending Review.

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