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<p>We want to explore how local authorities can build high quality sustainable communities.
We are looking to strike housing deals with councils to support ambitious and innovative
plans for additional homes in high demand areas, including pro-development councils
that wish to build more council housing. We are making good progress and will announce
further details in due course.</p><p>We are clear that boosting affordable housing
supply is a Government priority. To support this, at Autumn Statement 2016 we announced
an £1.4 billion expansion of the Shared Ownership and Affordable Homes Programme (SOAHP)
2016-21 which increased the overall budget to £7.1 billion. So far we have delivered
nearly 333,000 new affordable homes since 2010, including 240,000 affordable homes
for rent.</p><p>As the Secretary of State announced on 19 September, we will bring
forward a Green Paper on social housing in England. This will be a wide-ranging, top-to-bottom
review of the issues facing the sector, including quality and safety, tenant rights
and voice, and wider issues of place, community and the local economy.</p>
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