Affordable housing for key workers such as social service staff in London and the South East will be a focus for an additional £1.5billion of government spending.
Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott said yesterday (Thursday) that the new homes would be concentrated in the Thames Gateway, Ashford in Kent, Milton Keynes and the London-Stansted-Cambridge corridor.
Councillor Tony Newman, chair of the Association of London Government's housing panel, said the lack of affordable accommodation had been partly responsible for people regularly moving, making social services provision more difficult and costly.
In the North and Midlands the funding will be targeted on improving areas affected by low demand and abandonment of properties.
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