Darling holds out £1 billion housing boost

摘要

Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling was expected to announce a £1 billion emergency housing package to kick-start the UK construction industry as part of yesterday's Budget (22 April).rnAs the AJ went to press, it was revealed that Darling was planning to unveil a number of rescue policies, including providing cash to developers for schemes where work has stopped because of funding problems and a separate pot for construction of new council houses. Financial help is also to be offered to the private sector through new joint-equity schemes, where houses have been built but cannot be sold because of falling prices.