Places for People responds to Government's £2 billion investment into affordable housing

We were delighted to hear of the Government's £2 billion plough into affordable housing. This welcome investment will fund 18,000 affordable and social homes, as part of the target to build 1.5m homes over the course of parliament. 

Andrew Usher, Group Managing Director at PfP, shares his response: 

“We are delighted that Government is keeping its foot on the pedal for housing and recognises the urgency to fund the building of new homes during this parliament.

“Sites have stalled, skills have dwindled, and too few homes have been built. This additional £2bn funding will kickstart projects and enable strategic partners that deliver – like PfP – to access grants to quickly accelerate delivery.

“This package of support is hugely welcome alongside additional investment this week into skills. But Government must still find another gear to unlock housebuilding, future-proof its workforce, and help heal the economy. Recent measures and reform are important bricks in the wall and must be followed by a bold long-term strategy later this year.

“PfP is an organisation like no other with businesses creatively working to drive transformative change for Communities. Our dedicated training academy PfP Thrive is up-skilling the sector while Thriving Investments is leveraging opportunities to bring forward new housing, including through today’s new £200m key worker fund in Greater Manchester.

“Government needs the right partners to help it go the distance and build 1.5m new homes. At PfP we are agile, innovative, and disruptive and can help the Prime Minister deliver on his Plan for Change.”