Councils across England have shelved plans to build over 5,000 homes in response to George Osborne's annual 1% cut in social housing tenants’ rents each year for the next four years, the FT claims.
According to a survey by the District Councils’ Network, this will leave district councils facing a £719m revenue gap and is why 5,448 homes have already been canned by district councils. The National Housing Federation is reported to have estimated the construction of at least 27,000 housing association homes would be cancelled as a result.
The District Councils’ Network research also revealed that English district councils have lost 3,019 homes in the past three years through the government's Right To Buy policy, but have only been able to afford to replace them with 377 new ones.
In Kirklees we are committed to building Homes for the future and looking at proactive ways of enabling this. Currently the housing applications we have at the moment on Choose n Move Registration Count 11,202, with total houses available 263.
According to a survey by the District Councils’ Network, this will leave district councils facing a £719m revenue gap and is why 5,448 homes have already been canned by district councils. The National Housing Federation is reported to have estimated the construction of at least 27,000 housing association homes would be cancelled as a result.
The District Councils’ Network research also revealed that English district councils have lost 3,019 homes in the past three years through the government's Right To Buy policy, but have only been able to afford to replace them with 377 new ones.
In Kirklees we are committed to building Homes for the future and looking at proactive ways of enabling this. Currently the housing applications we have at the moment on Choose n Move Registration Count 11,202, with total houses available 263.
