social housing

A round-up of planning news in England: 15 September-21 September, 2018

Prime Minister Theresa May has announced £2 billion in funding for housing associations in an bid to give them the ‘long-term certainty’ they need to have a ‘central’ role in helping to address the housing crisis.

James Brokenshire has published the government’s social housing green paper today (14 August), as the government looks to empower residents and tackle the stigma surrounding social housing.

The Local Government Association (LGA) has said that the definition of affordable housing in the updated National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) must include homes for social rent.