Written questions

Affordable Housing: Construction

Commons · Question 107223 · Tabled 20 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record

Answered 28 Jan 2026

Question

Asked by Josh Babarinde

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what (a) flexibility and (b) borrowing support is available to local authorities to increase affordable housing supply.

Answer

Answered by Matthew Pennycook, 28 Jan 2026

For information on the flexibilities available to local authorities to increase social and affordable housing supply, I refer the hon. Member to the Written Ministerial Statement made on 2 July (HCWS771), and the Social and Affordable Homes Programme poli...