Combustible cladding removal cash to come from affordable housing fund

By Jordan Marshall2018-05-24T06:00:00

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Affordable housing pushed back by a year to fund £400m cladding removal programme

Government cash pledged to fund the removal of potentially dangerous cladding from social housing buildings is being diverted from the existing affordable housing programme.

Speaking in the House of Lords on Tuesday, housing minister Lord Bourne confirmed the reallocation of the money would delay the creation of additional housing.

The statement came in response to a question over whether the £400m cost was new money or would be taken out of another budget.

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