Social and Affordable Homes Programme: Rural Areas

(asked on 25th June 2026) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask His Majesty's Government what proportion of the first round of Strategic Partnership funding grants awarded under the £39 billion Social and Affordable Homes Programme are for rural housing schemes.


Answered by
Baroness Taylor of Stevenage Portrait
Baroness Taylor of Stevenage
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Housing, Communities and Local Government)
This question was answered on 9th July 2026

The programme guidance for the Social and Affordable Homes Programme was published in November 2025 and bidding opened on 24th February. Bidding closed on 15th April for Strategic Partnerships. Those bids are still being assessed.

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