PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Social Rented Housing: Construction (2 September 2024)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to require developers to build homes for social rent as part of large developments.

Asked by:
Ben Maguire (Liberal Democrat)

Answer

Through local development plans, local planning authorities can set out policy expectations in relation to housing mix and they are already able to require developers to make contributions to affordable housing through Section 106 planning obligations. As part of its commitment to deliver the biggest increase in social and affordable in a generation, the Government plans to strengthen the existing developer contributions system and further details will be set out in due course.


Answered by:
Matthew Pennycook (Labour)
10 September 2024

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