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Fact Sheet 9 What is affordable housing?
Publication Year
2023
Document Status
Current
Abstract
Looks at the types of affordable housing in England, why these homes are needed and who might live in an affordable home. Discusses: what affordable housing is; how affordable homes are planned; how housing affordability has changed over time; who might live in an affordable home; and how people can access affordable housing.
Document History
First published: 2 November 2023.
Publisher Information
Homes England
Homes England is the government's housing accelerator, responsible for: increasing the number of new homes that are built in England; improving existing affordable homes and bringing empty homes back into use as affordable housing; increasing the supply of public land and speeding up the rate that it can be built on; and helping to stimulate local economic growth by using their land and investment, and attracting private sector investment in local areas. Formerly known as the Homes and Communities Agency and English Partnerships.
50 Victoria Street
Westminster
London
HENG
UK
Website: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/homes-england
Email: enquiries@homesengland.gov.uk
Tel: 0300 1234 500
