Grahame Morris – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Communities and Local Government

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Grahame Morris on 2016-05-25.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much he has allocated for housing regeneration in (a) Easington constituency, (b) Country Durham and (c) the North East.

Brandon Lewis

The government is committed to delivering new homes. The table below sets out allocations under the Affordable Homes Programme for 2015/18.

Please note that these figures are indicative and further new homes may be delivered as proposals are firmed up. It is not possible to breakdown the figures further.

In addition to this, the local authorities and developers in the North East will be able to benefit from:

• £140 million for Estate Regeneration
• £4.7 billion fund to deliver affordable housing, including Shared Ownership Homes
• £1.2 billion allocated to bring forward land for Starter Homes
• £3 billion Home Building Fund, to be launched shortly