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The new grant programme gives community-led housing groups better access to high quality, affordable housing that meets the needs of local communities.
Proposals to help people build their own homes welcomed by Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick
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Potential to deliver 30-40,000 custom and self-build homes a year, supporting thousands of jobs.
Extra £5million for local councils to provide housing support to Afghans coming to UK
Over 55,000 households bought their home with the support of Help to Buy: equity loan last year – a record year for the scheme.
Experts from across the housing sector have been brought together to form a new expert panel to advise the government on the delivery of the social housing white paper.
New planning requirements on fire safety come into force
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The new requirements, known as planning gateway one, will ensure that high-rise developments consider fire safety at the earliest stages of planning.
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