Henry Smith MP has welcomed the announcement of New Homes Bonus funding for Crawley. The provisional allocation for the town will total £1,568,200, including an affordable homes premium of £22,680.
Henry said;
I am pleased that Crawley Borough Council has provisionally been awarded over £1.5 million of New Homes Bonus funding.
“This will help the Council continue the work started under the previous administration of ensuring people throughout our town can achieve their dream of owning their first home.”
Across England, the allocations will total £1.167 billion for local authorities in 2015-16. This will bring the total amount of funding awarded under the New Homes Bonus to almost £3.4 billion.
The total number of net additional homes rewarded over the period is over 800,000. That includes over 100,000 empty homes brought back into use and over 200,000 affordable homes provided.
Councils are free to spend the Bonus as they choose, including on front-line services and keeping council tax low.
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