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Call for 'urgent action on deepening housing crisis'

The council that increased new homes supply the most last year has urged the Government to take ‘urgent action’ on the ‘deepening housing crisis’.

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By Dan Peters | 09 November 2023

The council that increased new homes supply the most last year has urged the Government to take ‘urgent action' on the ‘deepening housing crisis'.

Brent LBC called on the Government to provide £100m additional funding for Discretionary Housing Payments (DHP) in 2023-24 and an additional £200m in 2024-25.

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