HCA Invests More Than £7bn in Two Years

The Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) has published a detailed breakdown of its investment programme across England for the financial years 2009/10 and 2008/09.  The data, which details investment by local authority area, reveals that the government's national housing and regeneration agency invested more than £5.433bn in total during 2009/10 and more than £2.190bn in the first four months of its existence between December 2008 and March 2009.  The biggest single programme during 2009/10 was the National Affordable Housing Programme, totalling more than £3.633bn of investment across England. During 2009/10, as well as investment within individual local authority areas, each region attracted some additional spend across a range of programmes, namely Property and Regeneration; SHESP (Social Housing Energy Saving Programme) and CIF (Community Infrastructure Fund) that cannot be attributed to any single local authority.  Details can be found on the HCA website for 2008/09 and 2009/10.