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  • Housing supply policy & delivery

    Topics:
    • Housing
    A key area of our business is to increase new housing supply (in particular affordable housing supply) and support households to sustain homeownership, aligning to the Programme for Government 2024-2027 priority to provide more social, affordable and sustainable housing.

    More in this topic

    • A new housing supply strategy
    • Definition of affordable housing
    • Intermediate Rent
    • Intermediate Rent Funding Competition - Clarifications
    • Interministerial Group on Housing, Communities and Local Government
    • Housing Market Symposium
    • Housing Repossessions Taskforce
    • Empty homes
    • Mixed Tenure Draft Thinkpiece
    • Shared Housing Programme
    • Loan to Acquire Move-on Accommodation (LAMA)

    Related to Housing supply policy & delivery

    Most recent publications

    • Proposal to increase rents by 4.8% for protected and statutory tenancies for 2026/2027 - screening

      Published 21 May 2026
    • FOI Disclosure Log - DfC/2025-0345

      Published 3 December 2025
    See all publications in this topic

    Most recent consultations

    • Consultation on Intermediate Rent Development of Policy and Model

      Published 18 October 2021 Consultation closed
    • Consultation on the new housing supply strategy

      Published 19 May 2021 Consultation closed
    See all consultations in this topic

    Most recent news items

    • Lyons hails 17% increase in social home building

      Published 5 May 2026
    • Lyons raises Co-Ownership property value limit

      Published 1 April 2026
    See all news in this topic

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