The government has made a "slow start" towards
its promise to release enough of its surplus land to build 160,000 new homes by
2020, MPs say. The Public Accounts Committee said progress had been made but
warned that many sites earmarked were still in use. After a year of the
programme, the government had disposed of 5% of the required land, it said. The
government said it had "acted quickly to free up public land",
enabling 100,000 homes since 2010. In its report, the Public Accounts Committee
said the government had improved on a previous scheme by monitoring the number
of homes built as a result of the land sales and setting out each department's
responsibilities. Read more on the BBC website.
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