A social housing boost is needed post-pandemic to provide quality homes for key workers and to help the country economically recover.

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Social homes are vitally important to the country. They are affordable, high-quality homes which generate enormous benefits to the economy.

Every new social home generates a saving of £780 a year in housing benefit.

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Investment and the introduction of new powers to help councils build a new generation of high-quality social homes could bring significant benefits to the national economy as the country looks to recovery, post-pandemic.

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So what do councils need to lead build this new generation of social housing?

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Govt should bring forward and increase the £12bn extension of the Affordable Homes Programme with a focus on homes for social rent.

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https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🏠" title="Haus" aria-label="Emoji: Haus">Councils need to be able to retain 100% of receipts from the sale of Right to Buy (RTB) homes

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🏠" title="Haus" aria-label="Emoji: Haus">Deadline to spend money from RTB sales should be extended to at least 5 years

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🏠" title="Haus" aria-label="Emoji: Haus">Councils need the power to be able to set the size of discounts on RTB homes locally

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Increase capacity of the building industry by introducing a skills and jobs strategy to meet the needs of accelerating a social housing building programme.

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Now is the time for a genuine renaissance in council house-building that reduces #homelessness, supports people’s wellbeing and is #climate-friendly.

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