Hundreds of thousands to get secure roof over their heads |
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The Government has set out ambitions for a social rent revolution through the new £39 billion Social and Affordable Homes Programme, set to deliver around 300,000 new social and affordable homes. This significant package of renewal will help unlock new jobs and turn the tide of the entrenched housing crisis, which has seen families and over 165,000 children stuck in temporary accommodation without the safe, secure and stable home they deserve. This includes more young people leaving care and domestic abuse survivors, thanks to new changes removing a local connection requirement |
| Landmark reforms to give greater security for 11 million renters |
| No fault evictions will be banned, and renters will receive greater protections and security from eviction thanks to historic legislation to level the playing field between tenants and landlords.
The Renters’ Rights Bill, currently going through Parliament, will ban Section 21 ‘no-fault’ evictions for new and existing tenancies, extend Awaab’s Law into the private rented sector and end blanket bans for those on benefits or with children. |
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| Over 500,000 homes to be built through new National Housing Bank |
| Hundreds of thousands of extra homes will be delivered thanks to a bold new government-backed ‘housing bank’ that will unlock billions in private sector investment to turbocharge housebuilding.
The National Housing Bank, a subsidiary of Homes England, will be publicly owned, creating jobs and delivering over 500,000 new homes. |
| Reforms to Building Safety Regulator to accelerate housebuilding |
| Delays to building new homes will be unblocked through a new package of reforms to the Building Safety Regulator. These reforms, which include a new Fast Track Process, changes to leadership and fresh investment, aim to support the delivery of 1.5 million safe, high-quality homes and take early steps toward establishing a single construction regulator – a key recommendation from the Grenfell Tower Inquiry. |
| Millions of leaseholders backed with strengthened rights |
| Leaseholders will receive stronger rights, powers and protections to better challenge extortionate service charges thanks to major reforms to the feudal leasehold system.
By switching on measures in the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024, almost five million leaseholders in England and Wales will receive the transparency they need to hold their landlords to account and easily challenge these costs. |