A multi-billion pound Whitehall fund to attract private investors into social housing projects is just one option to stimulate demand being considered by ministers, officials have revealed. With house-builders reporting their lowest activity for decades, housing minister, Margaret Beckett, is eyeing plans to inject equity into social housing developments to make them more attractive to high-value investors, such as pension funds and insurance firms. But a CLG spokesman warned the sector, Ms Beckett's plan was embryonic and was just one option on the table.
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