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Social Rented Housing: Construction

Asked by Kevin HollinrakeConservativeMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled Answered 25 February 2025UIN 31045

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 22 January 2025 to Question 23792 on Social Rented Housing: Construction, how many social rent homes were funded under the 2016-23 Affordable Homes Programme; and what the total amount of grant allocated to those homes was.

Answered by Matthew Pennycook

Allocations data for 2016-2023 and 2021-2026 published by Homes England can be found on gov.uk here.

The Greater London Authority (GLA) publish all approvals for grant under the affordable housing programmes in their delegated approvals log on the GLA website. The latest quarterly published figures are available on gov.uk here.

In awarding contracts under the programme Homes England and the GLA assess the need for grant on a site-by-site basis. In agreeing how much grant a project requires they will take into account the costs for building out the site with how much grant is needed to make that project viable, and the overall value for money for the programme. The most recent publication, with data reflecting grant allocations by tenure and region, to the end of March 2023, can be found on gov.uk here.

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