Written question asked by Baroness Ford (Labour), in the House of Lords. It was answered by Baroness Hanham (Conservative) on Tuesday, 28 June 2011.

Housing

Question: To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their estimate of the average housing association grant rate likely to be applied to new affordable homes in the year 2011–2012.

Answer: We have not made estimates of an average grant rate for 2011-12. This will be subject to the outcome of the Affordable Homes Programme assessment process. The deadline for offers to be submitted to the Homes and Communities Agency for funding from the Affordable Homes Programme was 3 May. The Agency is currently considering the offers made by providers and we expect initial contracts with providers who are successful in receiving allocations for the new programme to be signed from September.

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