Housing minister Brandon Lewis has challenged local
authorities to use more than £2bn to build more social housing. The minister
said that councils had the cash in their housing revenue accounts to build more
social housing. Lewis also said that although the statement by George Osborne
was dominated by pledges for homes to buy, the government remained committed to
housing “in the tenures we need”. He continued: “Councils have still got over
£2bn in their housing revenue accounts to deliver homes and I want to see them
use it. Let me be very clear about this. We’ve been very focused on stepping up
housing supply. But that doesn’t change the fact that there is a commitment.”
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