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<p>The Government is committed to increasing the supply of social housing and has
made £9 billion available through the Affordable Homes Programme to March 2022 to
deliver approximately 250,000 new affordable homes in a wide range of tenures, including
Social Rent. This includes an additional £2 billion, and the ability for Local Authorities
and Housing Associations to bid for funding to build social rent homes.</p><p>Since
2010 we have delivered over 464,000 new affordable homes, including 141,000 social
homes across England. The social housing waiting list has decreased by 37 per cent
since 2012, enabling more people to have the security of their own home.</p><p>We
will also engage HM Treasury to renew the Affordable Homes Programme, building hundreds
of thousands of new homes for a range of people in different places. This will help
us prevent people from falling into homelessness while also supporting more people
into homeownership.</p><p>We listen to the needs of tenants and in 2018 published
A New Deal for Social Housing, moving forwards with the upcoming Social Housing White
Paper. The White Paper will set out measures to empower tenants and support the continued
supply of social homes. This will include measures to provide greater redress, better
regulation and improve the quality of social housing</p><p>We also engage research
and evidence to inform our policy decisions on housing. In 2018 a literature review
was commissioned from The Centre for Housing Policy at York University. This review
of social housing considered current policies and public attitudes, as well as developments
in reducing crime levels, area deprivation and helping to keep residents out of poverty.
The review may be found (attached) at: <a href="http://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/136236/1/MHCLG_Green_Paper_Review.pdf"
target="_blank">http://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/136236/1/MHCLG_Green_Paper_Review.pdf</a></p>
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