The latest statistics on gross affordable housing supply in England have been released.
The key points are:
* A total of 57,730 gross additional affordable homes were supplied in England in 2009-10. This is an increase of 4 per cent on the 55,570 (revised) affordable homes supplied in 2008-09 and the highest number since 1995-96.
* 33,120 new affordable homes were provided for social rent in 2009-10, an increase of 7 per cent on 2008-09. 24,610 homes were provided through intermediate housing schemes, including shared ownership and shared equity, nearly unchanged on 2008-09.
* There were 46,980 new build affordable homes in 2009-10 which is 81 per cent of the total supply of new affordable homes compared to 77 per cent last year.
* 51,140 homes were delivered with grant from the Homes and Communities Agency in 2009-10 (89 per cent of total supply). Around 82 per cent of these were new build homes, an increase on last year (78 per cent).
Download the full report from the CLG website.
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