Rayner says Labour will deliver "biggest boost to affordable housing for a generation"
Posted 07.10.23
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Labour's Deputy Leader Angela Rayner said the next Labour Government will deliver the biggest boost to affordable housing for a generation - with social and council housing at the heart of its secure homes plan.
In comments ahead of her speech opening Labour Party Conference, she said "Developers have been let off the hook and for too long allowed to wriggle out of their responsibilities to provide new social and affordable homes. Labour will robustly hold them to account to deliver on their obligations to deliver affordable housing."
Rayner pledged that Labour will unlock government grants to deliver new homes by making the Affordable Housing Programme more flexible, freeing up money stuck in the pipeline.
She said Labour will give local authorities and housing associations stability for the long-term, so they have the confidence and security to invest in affordable, social and council housing stock.
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