CORNWALL TO RECIEVE £5 MILLION IN HOMES FUNDING
December 8, 2011 5:05 PM
This week, the Liberal Democrat Communities Minister Andrew Stunell announced the funding that Cornwall Council would receive from the New Homes Bonus.
The scheme rewards local authorities for delivering extra housing for local people. Cornwall will receive £5,132,877 from the scheme as a result of delivering 2,237 new homes and bringing 51 empty properties back in to use.
Commenting, Stephen Gilbert MP for St Austell & Newquay and Chairman of the Parliamentary All Party Group on Housing said:
"As a Parliamentary Candidate, I pledged action to tackle the growing housing crisis in Cornwall. Local people are struggling to get onto the housing ladder and find somewhere to live.
"Liberal Democrats in the Coalition Government are now doing just that with the New Homes Bonus. Bringing an extra 2,300 homes (over a third of which are classed as affordable) will give a genuine helping hand to thousands of local families."
Liberal Democrat MP for North Cornwall, Dan Rogerson, commented:
"The housing problems in Cornwall cannot be solved over night nor will they be fixed by one measure. However, Liberal Democrats in the Coalition Government are pressing for action and I welcome the New Homes Bonus as a step forward."
Commenting further, Liberal Democrat Communities Minister Andrew Stunell added:
"These are very pleasing figures, showing that the New Homes Bonus is acting as a spur to get councils building new homes and bringing more empty homes back into use.
"It's a win-win situation for local communities - £430m of extra funding for frontline services and 159,000 extra homes for local people.
"Labour's top-down approach to building homes just didn't work. It was unrealistic and ineffective, and didn't take into account local needs or wishes.
"Instead the New Homes Bonus is introducing a culture change - making it easier to persuade local people to go for development, and rewarding communities that go for growth."
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