Housing: Social and Affordable Rents Debate
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Housing: Social and Affordable Rents
Baroness Eaton Excerpts(6 years, 8 months ago)
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Baroness Eaton (Con)
Can my noble friend say what Her Majesty’s Government are doing to support those who need help accessing housing?
Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
My Lords, my noble friend will be aware that the recent housing White Paper sets out many of the things that we are doing. In addition to the affordable homes programme to which I referred, there is a housing infrastructure fund of £2.3 billion, new town development corporations delivering garden towns, and a land release fund that was launched in August 2017—just last month. Increased planning fees are coming on stream, which will help, and we are doing bespoke housing deals as well.