Trade body calls on chancellor to accelerate £39bn social housing development funding

By Carl Brown2026-06-10T09:35:00

Kate Henderson warns asking housing associations to ‘scale back bids’ risks undermining progress on 300,000-home programme

The chief executive of the National Housing Federation has written to the Chancellor urging her to allow more of the £39bn Social and Affordable Homes Programme funding to be spent more quickly to accelerate delivery.

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