Many of the written submissions that we received focused on housing supply. The Chartered Institute of Housing, for example, made the case for increasing the supply of quality homes at social rents via government grant, because it would reduce overall government spending on benefits.44 The Local Government Association suggested steps to help councils increase housing supply, including: reforming Right to Buy rules to prevent further loss of stock; allowing local government continued access to...

Many of the written submissions that we received focused on housing supply. The Chartered Institute of Housing, for example, made the case for increasing the supply of quality homes at social rents via government grant, because it would reduce overall government spending on benefits.44 The Local Government Association suggested steps to help councils increase housing supply, including: reforming Right to Buy rules to prevent further loss of stock; allowing local government continued access to preferential borrowing rates; and combining funding from multiple national housing programmes into a single pot.45 And Centrepoint advocated support for Type: conclusion | Number: 31 | Response status: accepted Government response: 6.1 The government agrees with the Committee’s recommendation. Target implementation date: after Spending Review 2025 6.2 In 2023-24 Homes England exceeded their housing delivery targets by enabling the completion of 32,320 homes against a target of 29,641, facilitati