Blanket 40% affordable housing target threatens viability of new towns, Lords told

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The government’s affordability targets for new towns could put delivery at risk, according to evidence given to a House of Lords Committee.

New towns, defined by the government as new settlements of 10,000 homes or more, form a major part of the government’s ambition to ramp up housebuilding in the UK.

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