Source · Select Committees · Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee
Recommendation 12
12
Not Addressed
Paragraph: 89
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.
Government response summary AI-generated
The government details the new Affordable Homes Programme and its extended funding timeline, but does not address the recommendation to count social housing investment as infrastructure spending rather than day-to-day spending.
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Government Response
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HM Government · verbatim extract
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We have launched the new Affordable Homes Programme, which overlaps with the current programme, to give providers certainty and the confidence to commit to new developments and maintain the provision of affordable homes. While the main funding ends in 2026, delivery will continue beyond this time to complete the homes started and £2 billion of this funding will continue to be used to test long term delivery through to 2028/29.
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