£250m housing spend announced

Writing in the Telegraph, Communities Secretary James Brokenshire has revealed £250m of new housing deals to build almost 25,000 properties. He says the Homes England housing accelerator will deliver more than 10,000 properties on Ministry of Defence sites. Other initiatives include £78m in loans released in London to build 1,500 properties - including 450 affordable homes - in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. Mr Brokenshire also writes of the importance of quality housing being built, with standards to be monitored by the introduction of a New Homes Ombudsman.

The Daily Telegraph (13/02/2019)

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