Source · Select Committees · Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee
Recommendation 12
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The Government should count investment in social housing as infrastructure spending, rather than day-to-day spending.
Recommendation
The Government should count investment in social housing as infrastructure spending, rather than day-to-day spending. Evidence shows that spending on a long-term social housebuilding programme pays back to the Exchequer over time. Furthermore, such a programme could be counter-cyclical, both protecting and creating jobs during a wider housing downturn caused by COVID-19 economic uncertainty.
Paragraph Reference:
89
Government Response
A response document is linked to this report, dated 14 October 2020. Response attribution to this recommendation has not been verified. Read the response document ↗