Gov't announces social housing spend - no figures

Spending by the department on housing should increase by 4.1% in real terms annually during the spending review period. A £16bn hike in spending committed to the “Sustainable Communities Plan” announced in February 2003 should take total commitments to ODPM programmes to £38bn between 2003-8. The additional money should enable some 200,000 homes to be build in the London and South East area by 2016, the ODPM says. Various spending has been earmarked towards infrastructure, neighbourhood renewal, and “sustainable community” funds. Spending will be augmented by use of private-publ...