The government’s proposed infrastructure levy risks “severely” undermining the delivery of new affordable homes, the boss of the National Housing Federation has warned.

Kate Henderson, chief executive of the housing association trade body, writing in a Sunday Times piece yesterday, said that the scrapping of section 106 planning requirements in favour of a new developer charge could lead to money being diverted away from new affordable housing. The NHF and other affordable housing bodies want stronger protections put in place to ensure this doesn’t happen.