To ensure the programme can get off to swift start, we recommend the Government allows grant funding to be used flexibly to allow providers to purchase new build homes or homes close to completion from developers which may go unsold in a recession. We suggest the Government looks at the National Clearing House Scheme from 2008—which served a similar purpose during the last recession—as a starting point. (Paragraph 94) Changes to the planning system

To ensure the programme can get off to swift start, we recommend the Government allows grant funding to be used flexibly to allow providers to purchase new build homes or homes close to completion from developers which may go unsold in a recession. We suggest the Government looks at the National Clearing House Scheme from 2008—which served a similar purpose during the last recession—as a starting point. (Paragraph 94) Changes to the planning system Type: recommendation | Number: 16 | Response status: under_consideration Government response: The primary purpose of the Affordable Homes Programme is to generate new supply of affordable housing that would not otherwise be built. Acquisitions of existing homes using programme funding are therefore limited. To mitigate the disruption caused to home building the existing £9 billion Affordable