Affordable Housing
Commons · Question 52812 · Tabled 15 May 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record
Answered 23 May 2025
Question
Asked by Ben Coleman
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many and what proportion of the 1.5 million homes expected to be built in this Parliament will be designated as social housing; and what criteria her Department uses to desig
Answer
Answered by Matthew Pennycook, 23 May 2025
The government has not set an affordable housing target to date, but we are committed to delivering the biggest increase in social and affordable housebuilding in a generation.Affordable housing is defined in the National Planning Policy Framework.