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<p>Our £11.5 billion Affordable Homes Programme will deliver thousands of affordable
homes, both for rent and to buy, right across the country.</p><p>The Levelling Up
White Paper committed to increasing the supply of social rented homes, and a large
number of the new homes delivered through our Affordable Homes Programme will be for
social rent.</p><p>The government is on track to deliver its target of building around
250,000 affordable homes through the Affordable Homes Programme.</p><p>Local planning
authorities can secure addition contributions towards affordable housing through section
106 planning obligations.</p><p>The Levelling Up and Regeneration Act contains powers
for the Government to create a new mandatory, non-negotiable Infrastructure Levy which
will aim to generate more funding for affordable housing and infra-structure to support
sustainable development.</p>
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