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Response to the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) report on the housing strategy

Housing minister Grant Shapps responds to the IPPR report on the Housing Strategy Dear Sir, The IPPR’s proposals just don’t stack up. It seems…

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Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government and The Rt Hon Grant Shapps MP
Published
29 December 2011
This was published under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

Housing minister Grant Shapps responds to the IPPR report on the Housing Strategy

Dear Sir,

The IPPR’s proposals just don’t stack up. It seems they’ve missed the fundamental point of the Housing Strategy which is designed to get much better value for money. As a result we will push developers and builders harder than ever before to play their part to deliver new homes quickly, securing excellent value for each taxpayer’s pound.

For example, our new Affordable Housing programme will cost the taxpayer far less per home by stretching builders and housing associations to contribute on average 25 per cent more towards the costs. And we are also getting far better value for money through the Get Britain Building fund than under the previous government’s Kickstart programme.
 
Taken together these new measures will support and help smaller builders to expand, create thousands of new jobs and re-invigorate the housing market.

Grant Shapps MP

Published 29 December 2011