MHCLG updates policy paper on delivering a decade of renewal for social and affordable housing
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has published an updated policy paper on its July plans to deliver a decade of renewal for social and affordable housing.
The paper commits to a number of key policy priorities ahead of Homes England’s Social and Affordable Homes Programme (SAHP) going live for bidding next month.
Of note are the following areas:
- a section on rent increases that social landlords can charge
- extending social landlords’ access to building safety funding
- opening up access to low interests loan from the new National Housing Bank
- proposing new guidance on s106 to aid further growth of social housing
- applying a new Decent Homes Standard on social and private tenures by 2035
- reviewing the Housing Health & Safety Rating System
- introducing Minimal Energy Efficiency Standards
- Publishing a consultation on the Future Homes Standard
In addition, the paper includes a reference to specialist providers as follows:
“The design of the SAHP includes a series of features aimed explicitly at increasing engagement from councils (and other specialist providers) including the new Continuous Market Engagement ‘portfolio’ route.”
If you found this of interest and want to learn more about how the updates apply to specialist and supported housing, Homes England’s Ian Workman is our keynote speaker at our regional annual conference on 12 March in Bristol.
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