The board, which met on 24 July, has called on regeneration and regions minister Lord Rooker to tell each of the three regional housing boards in south-east England how much money they will get for housing.
The government initially combined spending for the three boards – the South-east, the East of England and London – as they covered the principal housing growth areas in the Communities Plan.
The three share a single pot, which is worth £1.6bn in 2004-5.
The other six regional housing boards know how much money they have individually.
Mike Gwilliam, director of transport and planning at the South-east England Regional Assembly and a member of the South-east board, said: "I think we have been put into a competitive position. Like all the other regions, we should have our own funding pot and not be put into the position of fighting with London, whom we want to be working with.
Like all the other regions, we should have our own funding pot and not be put into the position of fighting with London
Mike Gwilliam, SEERA
"We can't change it this year, but when we see the allocations I'm pretty sure it will have caused some problems.
"It has not helped us in developing our own programme because we've had to guess what our share of the allocation will be."
The three regional housing boards have put together their bids and will meet with officials from the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister to hammer out the details of who gets what before formally submitting their housing strategies and funding recommendations to ministers.
The South-east board's housing strategy includes a request for the funding split.
Source
Housing Today
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