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Housing Minister Brandon Lewis' speech outlines the government's housing aims including its intention to deliver 1 million homes by 2021.
First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government
Letter setting out opportunities for securing funding for both the expansion of existing schools and new schools to support housing growth.
Pioneering councils are to help lead the way in bringing forward derelict and underused land for new homes.
New figures show number of planning permissions for homes rose 6% on a year earlier.
More than 143,500 new build homes started - nearly double low point of 2009.
New figures show a turn around in more than a decade-long decline in home ownership.
Councils will compete to process planning applications and be able to offer fast track application services under new proposals.
New research has found 43% additional new homes built as a direct result of Help to Buy equity loan.
A panel will look at how the layout of estates can be best used to deliver more quality homes that people can buy and rent.
Self-builders will find it easier to kick-start dreams of building a home with the launch of new registers to support builders find plots.
Ministers call upon the construction industry to remove barriers to get more young people to consider careers in construction.
The new London Help to Buy scheme has now opened its doors – allowing Londoners to buy a home with just a 5% deposit and a mortgage as low as 55%.
Six hundred acres of surplus public sector land for sale to deliver new homes and boost local growth.
Housing Minister announces cash boost for councils to tackle rogue landlords.
The government is relaxing the criteria for those who can apply for the shared ownership scheme from April.
The Housing Zones will see councils working in partnership with private developers to deliver thousands of new homes on brownfield land.
The Prime Minister will today announce that the government is to step in and directly commission thousands of new affordable homes.
Seventy-seven projects to receive £3 million coastal revival funding.
Nearly 270,000 households have now been helped to purchase a home through government backed schemes.
A new development of 122 homes has been selected as a national pilot for large-scale custom build, the Housing Minister announced today.
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