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Affordable Housing: Rural Areas

Asked by Stuart AndersonConservativeDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 15 January 2025UIN 22976

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department will continue to support the Rural Housing Enablers Scheme.

Answered by Daniel Zeichner

The Government is committed to funding the Rural Housing Enabler programme until 31 March 2025.

It is also providing over £5 billion total housing investment in 2025-26 to boost the supply of new housing, including in rural areas. This includes a £500 million top up to the Affordable Homes Programme.

Funding allocations for individual programmes for the next financial year will be determined in upcoming months through the department’s business planning exercise and announced in due course.

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