Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 115210

Social Rented Housing: Construction

Tabled: 23 February 2026

Answered: 3 March 2026

Question

Siân Berry

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to take steps to support local authorities seeking to build social housing to access finance to purchase land being sold by NHS Trusts.

Answer

Matthew Pennycook

The government is not taking any specific action to support local authorities to purchase land being sold by NHS Trusts.However, in January we announced that we would extend the ‘preferential’ borrowing rate for council housebuilding from the Public Works...

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