July 2025
In the Spending Review on 11 June, Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced that she will almost double the government’s spend on affordable housing, with a 10-year £39 billion investment in a new Affordable Homes Programme. Investing in infrastructure and land remediation to deliver new housing schemes in partnership with the private sector is one of the ways in which the government intends to meet its commitment to build 1.5 million new homes.