Government Rejects Calls From MPs To Set Social Rent Targets

Ministers have failed to commit to a number of recommendations put forward by a group of cross-party MPs concerning the long-term delivery of social housing, including a refusal to provide grant to fund the purchase of unsold homes during the coronavirus pandemic. In its response to a report from the Housing, Communities and Local Government (HCLG) Committee looking at the long-term delivery of social housing, the government rejected calls to set targets for affordable housing tenures and failed to commit to putting social housebuilding at the top of its COVID-19 recovery agenda. Download the report from the Gov UK website.

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/924573/Long-term_Delivery_of_Social_and_Affordable_Rented_Housing_WEB.pdf