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

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether local authorities in receipt of Marginal Viability Fund monies will be able to insist that the contractors who have planning permission for projects in receipt of those funds will have to build the affordable homes first.

The Marginal Viability Fund, part of the Housing Infrastructure Fund, will help deliver the infrastructure which is essential to enable the housing to come forward. Affordable housing can be agreed through planning obligations between Local Authorities and developers, via Section 106 agreements. The order in which the homes are built will be up to the developer and local authority to determine on a site by site basis.