Mr Stephen Hepburn:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government,
what steps his department is taking to build new social housing.
Mrs Heather
Wheeler: Since 2010 we have delivered over 357,000 new affordable homes, including
over 257,000 affordable homes for rent. We are providing over £9 billion
funding for the Affordable Homes Programme 2016- 21, this includes an
additional £2 billion which will be available for social rent. We have
confirmed long-term rent certainty for social landlords in England and
announced that we will be providing councils with £1 billion of additional
borrowing to deliver homes where demand is greatest. These measures will support
housing associations and local authorities build more genuinely affordable
homes where they are needed most.
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