Social Rented Housing: Construction

(asked on 18th September 2020) - View Source

Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to his Department's press release, Jenrick unveils huge £12 billion boost for affordable homes, September 2020, whether grant levels for social rent homes in areas that do not face a high affordability challenge may be higher than the level for affordable rent.


Answered by
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Christopher Pincher
This question was answered on 23rd September 2020

The Affordable Homes Programme is delivered through Homes England and the GLA in London. Each bid into the programme is evaluated on its own merits and based on the value for money of the scheme as a whole. The Government does not set grant rates for the programme, however we would expect grant rates to be lower in areas where it is cheaper to build and which face lower affordability challenges.

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