Government aims to build 40,000 additional affordable homes by 2021 – but OBR says it expects 13,000 fewer homes to be built over next five yearsThe chancellor committed almost £4bn to housing in Wednesday’s autumn statement, in a move he said represented a step-change in the government’s ambition to increase the supply of homes for sale and rent.The money, which the Treasury said was new cash, will be spent through two funds: one providing money for infrastructure projects to make sites viable for building, the other providing money for affordable homes. Continue reading…
Source : theguardian.com
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