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Labour MP urges earlier funding for affordable homes in England
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The Social and Affordable Homes Programme is worth £39 billion over 10 years.
Abena Oppong-Asare urged the government to allocate more of the Social and Affordable Homes Programme during the current parliament, after housing associations said extra funding could enable tens of thousands of additional homes.
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Abena Oppong-Asare urged the chancellor to allocate a significant share of the Social and Affordable Homes Programme during the current parliament.
“The government should use the upcoming budget to increase the building of social homes”
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The Social and Affordable Homes Programme is worth £39 billion over 10 years.
“the £39bn Social and Affordable Homes Programme”
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Housing associations said they could build additional homes outside London over the next 10 years.
“they were ready to build tens of thousands more”