Local councils to build 4,000 homes with £55m Homes England grant

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Money from the government’s Local Authority Accelerated Construction Programme will fund construction schemes

A dozen local authorities are to share a £55m funding grant from the government’s housing delivery agency, Homes England, to build 4,000 homes.

Homes England agreed the funding through the government’s £450m Local Authority Accelerated Construction Programme.

It said there would be an emphasis on the use of modern methods of construction, which it claimed would help increase the pace of building by an average of 40%.

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