Local authorities across the UK are set to receive £60m from the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) to build more than 6,000 new homes on brownfield sites.
The second phase of the £180m Brownfield Land Release Fund will be invested in nearly 100 regeneration projects, according to the DLUHC.
Minister for Housing and Planning, Rachel Maclean MP said: ‘We know we need to build more homes, but this cannot come at the expense of concreting over our precious countryside.
‘That is why we are doing all we can to make sure we’re making use of wasteland and unused brownfield land, so we can turn these eyesores into beautiful and thriving communities.’
To date, the fund is supporting at least 89 local authorities, over 160 projects, and providing almost £100m to support councils to release land for almost 8,600 homes.
Cllr Shaun Davies, chair of the Local Government Association (LGA), said: ‘We are delighted to continue our work with DLUHC, supporting councils to access the Brownfield Land Release Fund.
‘Councils have continued to embrace opportunities to bring brownfield sites in their ownership forward for housing, and this fund plays a key role in helping councils to provide the types of homes their communities really need.’
