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Social and Affordable Homes Programme: Stroud

Asked by Dr Simon OpherLabourMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled Answered 12 January 2026UIN 907210

The question

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

Answered by Matthew Pennycook

Since coming into office the government has listened carefully to social and affordable housing providers, and we have responded positively to their calls for increased grant funding, for measures to improve their financial capacity, and for regulatory certainty and stability.

We now expect the sector to step up and prove they can deliver at scale and at pace so that we can put social and affordable housing delivery in Stroud and beyond back on track after years of neglect.

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