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By Joey Gardiner2021-04-09T05:00:00+01:00
Private developers and councils will have chance to bid for affordable housing funding for the first time
Housing quango Homes England has opened bidding for its latest round of long-term funding deals designed to deliver new affordable housing.
The quango said housing associations and – for the first time – councils, private developers and for-profit developers will have until 18 May to submit bids in to the multi-billion pound strategic partnership programme.
Groups have until next month to submit bids for funding
The latest round of the programme forms a major part of the £11.5bn 2021-26 Affordable Homes Programme announced last year. Homes England is to administer around £7.5bn of this funding that is spent outside London.
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LGC rounds up the latest appointments and departures in local government
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Eleanor Kelly has joined the government and NHS national vaccinations team in a senior role that will involve coordinating the local government response. The role is temporary and she is expected to return to the borough.
Ms Kelly, who has been Southwark chief for eight years, held one of the senior roles on London’s strategic coordinating group when it was convened at the start of the pandemic and led the gold command operation in the aftermath of the Grenfell Tower fire.
Nick Walkley is stepping down as the chief executive of Homes England at the end of the month.