Homes England and the Greater London Authority in the first half of the financial year together funded the highest number of affordable housing starts in a decade, according to government figures.

The data show that the two bodies – who administer the affordable housing programme in England – funded 17,184 affordable housing starts between April and September, up nearly 50% on the figure for the first half of 2018/19. This is the highest figure recorded for an April-September period in the data series, which started in 2009/10.

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