Plan to regenerate England s cities with new homes
New measures to level up England’s cities and provide much-needed new homes.
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Revision of ‘80/20’ funding rule to help level up all parts of England
New measures to level up England’s cities, recover from the pandemic and help provide much-needed new homes have been set out by Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick today (16 December 2020).
Following a consultation launched in the summer that sought views from planners, councils and the wider public, the government has announced its plan for enabling the delivery of more homes across England.
Jenrick announces revised plan for housing algorithum
The Government has announced a raft of new measures in an attempt to provide much-needed homes in urban areas and on brownfield sites.
The housing secretary Robert Jenrick today said that the housing need formula would be updated to help councils build more family homes and make the most of vacant buildings and underused land to protect green spaces.
He also said the Government intends to revise the so-called ‘80/20 rule’ which guides how much funding is available to local areas to help build homes.
This will establish a new principle to ensure funding is not just concentrated in London and the South East.