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<p>No starter homes have yet been built as the regulations required to define them
are not yet in place. The new National Planning Policy Framework, published in July
this year, brought starter homes within the definition of affordable housing, as per
our Housing White Paper commitment. We expect to make an announcement on the next
steps for starter homes in the near future.</p><p>In the meantime we are supporting
people's aspirations to buy through a range of initiatives including Help to Buy,
Right to Buy, greater funding for Shared Ownership and Rent to Buy. Since Spring 2010
Government-backed schemes have helped over 481,000 households to buy a home and the
number of first-time buyers is at a nine-year annual high. The Stamp Duty exemption
for first time buyers announced last autumn helped 121,500 people by June 2018.</p>
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