Oral Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
“What steps she is taking to build more social housing.”
Tabled: 25 February 2025Answered: 3 March 2025
Asked by
Steve Witherden
Labour — Montgomeryshire and Glyndŵr
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government
Answer from Hansard
The Minister for Housing and Planning (Matthew Pennycook)
The Government are committed to delivering the biggest increase in social and affordable house building in a generation. In our first eight months in office, we have announced £800 million in new funding for the affordable homes programme. This top-up will support the delivery of up to 7,800 new homes, with more than half being social rent homes. We will set out details of new investment to succeed the 2021-to-2026 programme at the spending review.