**Healey Doubles Council House-Building Cash**

With the largest council house building programme for nearly two decades already underway, Housing Minister John Healey has doubled Government cash for new council homes. Mr Healey announced 73 councils covering every region of England will share an extra £122.6m. Councils will match this second round Government grant bringing investment in this round to £246m , and total public investment in the programme as a whole to over £500m to build more than 4,000 new council homes for 8,000 people. The joint bid between Nottingham City Council and Nottingham City Homes was partially approved, the go-ahead being given for 15 new homes in Camrose Close (Bilborough Ward), attracting an HCA grant of £741,000, and eight in Lillington Road (Bulwell Ward), attracting a grant of £419,000. Read details of approved sites nationally at the CLG website by clicking on the logo below or see the results for all successful applicants on the HCA website by clicking on their logo.