Friday, 19 July 2013

Prisk Wants More ‘Ambitious’ Plans from Landlords

The housing minister has called on more housing associations to ‘step up to the plate’ and bring forward ambitious plans for building more homes. Mark Prisk said he will be calling a summit in the early autumn to hear how landlords intend to build more homes.  Speaking at a Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors conference, he said in return for £3.3 billion in grant - announced in the spending review last month - the government would be calling on housing associations to bring forward plans ‘which maximise their own financial contribution and help us build the extra homes we all want’.

 ‘Housing associations tell me they’re up for it,’ he said. ‘Great. But now we need to turn this into action.’ Read the full speech on the Gov.uk website.

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