Baroness Armstrong of Hill Top – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Communities and Local Government

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Baroness Armstrong of Hill Top on 2016-01-19.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much of the Affordable Homes Programme they expect to be spent on bringing empty homes back into use.

Baroness Williams of Trafford

The Homes and Community Agency made available £110.6 million to bring empty homes back into use over two rounds of funding:

• Round 1 (2012-13) £69,820,695; and
• Round 2 (2014-15) £40,790,126.

The Homes and Community Agency’s Affordable Homes Programme will continue to provide funding to bring empty homes back into use. The Affordable Homes Programme is a competitive scheme and the amount of funding allocated to empty homes will depend on the quality of the bids received.