The impact on social housing of the credit crunch and property market is at last getting some attention in the mainstream media. On Monday's Radio 4 PM programme, the chief executive of Southern Housing Group warned that the reticence of lenders was making it hard for housing associations to plan new developments. Combined with a likely decline in homes earmearked as affordable coming through Section 106 planning agreements, this adds up to a double whammy.
Can and will the government increase grant rates from the Housing Corporation to provide more socially rented and other affordable homes?
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