Chancellor Philip Hammond has used his Spring Statement
to announce a new £3bn Affordable Homes Guarantee scheme. Hammond told the
Commons the scheme would support delivery of around 30,000 affordable homes.
And some £717m from the Housing Infrastructure Fund will unlock up to 37,000
new homes on sites in West London, Cheshire, Didcot, and Cambridge, Hammond
said. Also announced were measures to help developers future-proof new build homes
to meet low carbon heating and a Call for Evidence on an SME energy efficiency
scheme. Read more on 24housing.
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