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<p>One of the key priorities for my Department has been ensuring that house building
continues and the housing market stays open.</p><p>This Government cares deeply about
building more homes and we have gone to great lengths to ensure the industry is kept
open, in turn sustaining hundreds of thousands of people in numerous roles.</p><p>That
is why I have written to the housing industry, alongside the Home Builders Federation
and Federation of Master Builders, to make it clear that housebuilding, and the supply
chains that support it, should continue during the current lockdown.</p><p>That means
estate and lettings agents, show homes and sales suites can remain open; and property
viewings, home repairs and maintenance, mortgage valuations and surveys can all continue
to take place.</p><p>At the same time this Government is unlocking hundreds of thousands
of homes through our £12 billion investment in affordable homes – the biggest investment
for a decade; delivering much-needed new homes on brownfield land through our £400
million Brownfield Fund; and stimulating the market through our Stamp Duty cut.</p><p>
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