Matthew Pennycook: “We want to see new homes built on them to bolster economic growth to get development in the right places”

The government is absolutely determined to stick with that ambition.

the aim was to build 'well-designed, affordable, attractive homes' that would 'eventually house millions of people, just as the post-War waves of new towns did'

The people who should own buildings, and who should exercise control over their management, shared facilities and related costs are not third-party landlords but the people who live in flats within them and who have a direct stake in their…

I mean, Andy Burnham said in the byelection that he wanted to see more money spent on social rent on council housebuilding. That’s exactly what we’re doing through this initial wave of funding.