Question follow-through · 66562

Affordable Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the evidential basis is that the affordable housing programme will deliver the largest increase in affordable homes in a generation.

answeredMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

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Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Tabled
10 Jul 2025
Target answer date
14 Jul 2025
Answer
18 Jul 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 10 Jul 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the evidential basis is that the affordable housing programme will deliver the largest increase in affordable homes in a generation.

  2. 14 Jul 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 18 Jul 2025

    Answer published

    The £39 billion announced at the Spending Review for the new Social and Affordable Homes Programme for 2026-27 to 2035-36 is the biggest long-term investment in social and affordable housing in recent memory. Our ambition is to deliver up around 300,000 s...

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