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HELPING WORKING PEOPLE ONTO THE HOUSING LADDER


The new Housing Bill aims to help the 1.3 million housing association tenants in the UK to own their own home By Greg Clark and Brandon Lewis


one replacement in the same area. Rather than one rented property there


will be two properties, an old one with a new homeowner, and a new one available for those in need on the waiting list. To fund this policy the Housing Bill


will also require councils to sell their most expensive housing when it falls vacant – with the receipts used to provide new affordable homes in the same area, and the surplus used to fund the Right to Buy for housing association tenants. Remaining funds will be invested in a new Brownfield Regeneration Fund to increase the supply of new housing.


Building starter homes The government has also announced plans to deliver 200,000 new Starter Homes across the country. These new homes will be sold with a 20% discount


June 2015


to first-time buyers under 40, with the Housing Bill paving the way to ensure this process can be completed quickly. A new register of brownfield land will


also help fast-track the construction of new homes on previously-used sites near existing communities. A ‘Right to Build’ in the Bill will help


increase housing supply and diversify the housing sector by giving people the right to be allocated land with planning permission for them to self-build or commission a local builder to build a home. The new Right to Build will offer


support to aspiring self-builders, by requiring councils to identify, and release, shovel-ready plots so people do not have to wait years to get work underway. And neighbourhood planning –


already benefiting almost 1,500 communities with more joining them


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each week – will be streamlined and sped up.


Further action The government has already announced plans to extend the Help to Buy: equity loan scheme to 2020 – helping even more people buy their own home with a fraction of the deposit they would normally require. The government will also continue


to take strong action on other key housing policies, including the affordable housing programme, and the Help to Buy ISA – which will help get Britain building. CCR-PS


Greg Clark is Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government and Brandon Lewis is Minister of State for Housing and Planning E-mail: gregclarkmp@parliament.uk office@brandonlewis.co


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