Industry bodies have today expressed ”concern” over the impact of the government’s new infrastructure levy on the delivery of affordable housing. 

Consultation on the new proposals, which would replace Section 106 affordable housing contributions and the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL), closed today. 

Under the government’s new proposals, affordable housing will be delivered predominantly as an in-kind percentage payment of through a new ‘right to require’.

But professional networks and watchdogs have today expressed fears that the new levy will cause uncertainty for developers, funders and local authorities and that this will impact on the delivery of affordable housing. 

“We have grave concerns that the new Infrastructure Levy proposed by the government risks significantly reducing the number of new affordable homes, concerns we have laid out in our consultation response,” National Housing Federation policy leader Marie Chadwick told Housing Today.