Thursday, 26 July 2018

Government Restores ‘Social Rent’ To Definition Of Affordable Housing


The government has restored the term ‘social rent’ to the definition of affordable housing in its national planning rulebook after housing and council bodies voiced concerns.  The new National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) now lists homes for rent “set in accordance with the government’s rent policy for social rent or affordable rent, or is at least 20% below local market rents” as one of several acceptable forms of affordable housing. A draft version of the updated NPPF published in March had removed reference to “social rent” while adding mention of Starter Homes and build-to-rent. Read more on Inside Housing.

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