First starter homes to be built this year

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Government picks 30 councils to develop the first discounted homes

The first starter homes will be built this year after the government picked 30 partner councils to develop the first discounted homes.

Councils signing up to deliver the first starter homes include Bristol, Blackbool, Greater Manchester, Lincoln and Liverpool (full list below).

Housing minister Gavin Barwell said the homes would be sold exclusively to first time buyers between 23 and 40 years of age, at a discount of at least 20% below market value.

Brownfield sites are being prioritised for starter homes, with funding made available via the government’s £1.2bn Starter Homes Land Fund.

Housing minister Gavin Barwell said: “This first wave of partnerships shows the strong local interest to build thousands of Starter Homes on hundreds of brownfield sites in the coming years.”

The news comes hot on the heels of a government announcement yesterday of the development of 14 new garden villages and 3 further garden towns (full list below), with the potential to deliver more than 48,000 homes.

The garden villages are an expansion of the existing garden towns programme, for smaller projects of between 1,500 and 10,000 homes.

The 14 new garden villages - from Devon to Derbyshire, Cornwall to Cumbria - will have access to a £6m fund over the next two financial years to support the delivery of these projects.

More details on both initiatives are expected later this month when the government publishes its housing white paper.

The 30 Starter Home Land Fund partnerships

Blackburn with Darwen Council
Blackpool Council
Bristol City Council
Central Bedfordshire Council
Cheshire West and Chester Council
Chesterfield Borough Council
Chichester District Council
City of Lincoln
Ebbsfleet Development Corporation
Fareham Borough Council
Gloucester City Council
Greater Manchester Combined Authority (Bolton, Bury, Manchester, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford, Wigan)
Lincolnshire County Council
Liverpool City Council (in association with Sefton, Knowsley, Halton, Wirral, St Helens)
Luton Borough Council
Mid Sussex District Council
Middlesbrough Council
North Somerset Council
Northumberland County Council
Pendle Borough Council
Plymouth City Council
Rotherham Metropolitan Council
Rushmoor Borough Council
Sheffield City Council
South Kestevan District Council
South Ribble Borough Council (in association with Preston City Council and Lancashire County Council)
South Somerset District Council
Stoke-on-Trent City Council
West Somerset Council (in association with Taunton Deane Borough Council, Sedgemoor District Council)
Worthing Council