Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 4859

Social Rented Housing: Construction

Tabled: 9 September 2024

Answered: 17 September 2024

Question

Rachel Blake

Labour (Co-op) — Cities of London and Westminster

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of utilising unallocated funds from the Housing Infrastructure Fund to directly fund delivery of new social

Answer

Matthew Pennycook

The £4.2 billion Housing Infrastructure Fund (HIF) is now fully allocated to HIF projects. As of the end of June this year, £1.8 billion had been drawn down by local authorities.The Department estimates that HIF has unlocked c260,000 homes. Local Authorit...

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