Thousands of new homes to be built across England in £2bn plan announced by chancellor

'Once in a generation chance' for Bolton to get slice of £2billion housing fund

Bolton is set to benefit from a slice of £2billion investment in tackling the nationwide housing crisis.

Reeves's plan for affordable homes, mapped

Rachel Reeves has pledged to inject £2bn into the Government’s affordable house building programme to deliver up to 18,000 additional homes. The Government described the funding as a “down payment” ahead of longer-term investment in social and affordable housing, expected to be announced later this year.It will be added to the Affordable Homes Programme, the main mechanism used by the Government to fund subsidised housing, which was previously g…

‘This is not austerity’, Angela Rayner defends spending cuts

Amid all the concerns about possible spending cuts – today’s investment announcement by the Chancellor, of two billion pounds for affordable housing, came as a timely surprise. We spoke to the Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner, and asked her about the new funding.

Liverpool to benefit as government announces £2bn investment - Liverpool Echo

Under the plans, thousands of new affordable homes will start construction by March 2027 and will complete by the end of this Parliament

Labour announces £2 billion of new funding to support biggest boost in social and affordable housing in a generation

Ahead of the Spring Statement from Chancellor Rachel Reeves tomorrow, the Labour government has announced £2 billion of new funding to support the biggest boost in social and affordable housing in a generation. Up to 18,000 new social and affordable homes will be built as a result of the extra funding, and will form part of the pledge by the Labour government to build 1.5 million new homes by 2029. Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves said…

£2bn housebuilding pledge sparks calls for majority to be social homes

The investment is aimed at helping to fulfill the Government’s pledge to build 1.5 million new homes over the next five years.