MODERN MATTERS

摘要

Chancellor Rishi Sunak made some encouraging promises in his Budget announcement in March. The priority is to "make sure people have affordable and safe housing" by extending the Affordable Homes programme with a new multi-year settlement of £12bn. To support local authorities' investment in their communities, Sunak announced cuts to interest rates on lending for social housing. This would free up more than £1bn for investment in local infrastructure. An additional £1.1bn from the Housing Infrastructure Fund was also promised to help drive delivery of nearly 70,000 homes in areas of high demand across the country.