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The Affordable Homes Programme since 2015

Status: Closed Opened: 19 Aug 2022 Closed: 24 Feb 2023 17 recommendations 6 conclusions 1 report

The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) is responsible for the Affordable Homes Programme, intended to supply new affordable homes for people to own or rent. The programme is managed by Homes England outside of London and the Greater London Authority within London. Building on previous inquiries into Starter Homes , the regulation …

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Reports

1 report
Title HC No. Published Items Response
Twenty-Ninth Report - The Affordable Homes Programme since … HC 684 7 Dec 2022 23 Responded

Recommendations & Conclusions

2 items
4 Recommendation Twenty-Ninth Report - The Affordable Ho… Deferred

The Department does not quantify potential savings in some areas, such as temporary accommodation, into...

The Department does not quantify potential savings in some areas, such as temporary accommodation, into the Programme. Surprisingly, the Department can identify, but not quantify, savings in areas such as temporary accommodation and adult social care that the public purse could make through the Programme. For example, from the estimated …

Government response. The government will collect evidence through resident surveys as part of the 2021 programme evaluation to understand impacts for adult social care and temporary accommodation, with first results anticipated in 2024 and surveys repeating until 2029.
HM Treasury
7 Recommendation Twenty-Ninth Report - The Affordable Ho… Deferred

The Department acknowledged that its section on risk within business case for the 2021 programme...

The Department acknowledged that its section on risk within business case for the 2021 programme may have been inadequate. We pressed the Department and Homes England over significant risks that may mean housing providers build fewer homes than forecast.11 The Department told us that it has a fixed budget for …

Government response. The government will report to the Committee with updated targets for programme delivery following a review with Homes England and the Greater London Authority.
HM Treasury

Oral evidence sessions

1 session
Date Witnesses
22 Sep 2022 Emran Mian · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, Jeremy Pocklington · Ministry of Defence, Peter Denton · Homes England View ↗

Correspondence

1 letter
DateDirectionTitle
12 Dec 2022 — Correspondence from Peter Denton, Chief Executive Officer, Homes England, re Pu…