Funding for unjustified new leasehold houses to end in England

New government funding schemes will no longer be able to use the money for unjustified new leasehold houses, it has been announced, as part of a move to tackle unfair and abuse within the leasehold system. Housing Secretary of State James Brokenshire also announced the release of £450 million to speed up delivery of homes on sites of surplus public sector land. The Government will also speed up and encouraging modern methods of construction. And he confirmed that through Homes England almost 1,000 new affordable homes will be built on a previously undeveloped site at Burgess Hill, Sussex demonstrating how a more strategic and assertive approach to getting homes and large-scale projects built can deliver results.