Council housing representative bodies are urging the
government to set out flexible bidding criteria for the £1bn of additional
borrowing headroom announced in the Autumn Statement. The Association of
Retained Council Housing (ARCH), the National Federation of ALMOs (NFA) and the
Local Government Association (LGA) are also calling on their members to prepare
to bid for the debt. There are fears that too much red tape could cause the programme
to be undersubscribed – as happened when the Treasury announced a similar
policy in 2014 – damaging future opportunities of funding for council
housebuilding. Read more on Inside Housing.
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