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Affordable Housing

Asked by Ben ColemanLabourMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled Answered 23 May 2025UIN 52812

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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many and what proportion of the 1.5 million homes expected to be built in this Parliament will be designated as social housing; and what criteria her Department uses to desig

Answered by Matthew Pennycook

The government has not set an affordable housing target to date, but we are committed to delivering the biggest increase in social and affordable housebuilding in a generation.Affordable housing is defined in the National Planning Policy Framework.

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