Written questions

Social Rented Housing: Construction

Lords · Question HL576 · Tabled 2 Sep 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record

Answered 16 Sep 2024

Question

Asked by Lord Birt

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Taylor of Stevenage on 6 August (HL248), what percentage of the 1.5 million homes that the Government is committed to delivering in this Parliament will be social homes.

Answer

Answered by Baroness Taylor of Stevenage, 16 Sep 2024

The Government has committed to delivering 1.5 million homes this Parliament, delivering the biggest increase in social and affordable housing in a generation. We are proposing reforms to the National Planning Policy Framework that are designed to support...