Councils could be forced to sacrifice 16,000 affordable homes after the government said they should ‘reconsider’ existing planning deals. The government’s long-awaited housing strategy which contains proposals to require local authorities to reconsider section 106 agreements put in place in ‘more prosperous’ times before April 2010 was launched recently. The strategy, which David Cameron described as a ‘radical’ way to ‘get Britain building again’, estimates that there are 82,000 homes in stalled schemes across England which would benefit from renegotiation with developers. Of these 82,000 homes, 16,000 would have been affordable, according to the National Housing Federation - the same number of homes the government hopes to see built through a separate £400 million ‘Get Britain building’ investment fund to kick-start frozen developments. Read more on Inside Housing.
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