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Social Rented Housing: Construction

Asked by Siân BerryGreen PartyMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled Answered 3 March 2026UIN 115210

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to take steps to support local authorities seeking to build social housing to access finance to purchase land being sold by NHS Trusts.

Answered by Matthew Pennycook

The government is not taking any specific action to support local authorities to purchase land being sold by NHS Trusts.

However, in January we announced that we would extend the ‘preferential’ borrowing rate for council housebuilding from the Public Works Loan Board for another year until the end of March 2027. This will provide councils with greater certainty to increase their supply plans, including through land-led development.

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