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| Council home plans to be unveiled | Council home plans to be unveiled |
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| Plans to boost the supply of social housing outlined by Gordon Brown on Monday are to be spelt out later. | Plans to boost the supply of social housing outlined by Gordon Brown on Monday are to be spelt out later. |
| In a speech in Harrogate, housing minister John Healey is due to announce to local government leaders the outcome of a council housing finance review. | In a speech in Harrogate, housing minister John Healey is due to announce to local government leaders the outcome of a council housing finance review. |
| Changes could see councils returning to large-scale home building. | Changes could see councils returning to large-scale home building. |
| Mr Brown announced a consultation was under way to decide whether to allow councils to keep all the money raised from council house sales and rent. | Mr Brown announced a consultation was under way to decide whether to allow councils to keep all the money raised from council house sales and rent. |
| In the Commons on Monday, the prime minister also proposed to let councils in England give local people more priority on housing waiting lists. | In the Commons on Monday, the prime minister also proposed to let councils in England give local people more priority on housing waiting lists. |
| 'Unmet demand' | 'Unmet demand' |
| Currently, council tenants' rent and proceeds from right-to-buy sales go into a national pot for redistribution. | Currently, council tenants' rent and proceeds from right-to-buy sales go into a national pot for redistribution. |
| Some councils get money back while others have to pay a negative subsidy to the government. | Some councils get money back while others have to pay a negative subsidy to the government. |
| But if ministers support plans to let councils keep their money locally, councils may be able to build and repair more homes. | But if ministers support plans to let councils keep their money locally, councils may be able to build and repair more homes. |
| In the past two decades, very few homes have been built by councils as housing associations have been the main providers of social housing. | In the past two decades, very few homes have been built by councils as housing associations have been the main providers of social housing. |
| BBC local government correspondent John Andrew said he did not expect a return to the kind of mass council house building seen in the 1950s and 1960s. | |
| But the latest measures would go some way to meeting the huge unmet demand for social housing as the number on housing waiting lists approaches five million, our correspondent added. | |
| Affordable homes | |
| Meanwhile, the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) has said that the £750m it is to contribute towards building new affordable homes will come from across its budget. | |
| A spokesman had earlier said that the department's contribution to the house building programme announced by Mr Brown on Monday had not been finalised. | |
| But the DCLG later said that there was no disagreement with Downing Street, although no single programme had been identified for cuts to pay for the homes. | |
| A further £750m is due to come from underspending by other government departments, including health and the Home Office. | |
| Mr Brown announced plans to treble investment in housing to £2.1bn, funding 110,000 new affordable homes to rent or buy over the next two years and creating 45,000 jobs in construction. | |
| This formed part of his "Building Britain's future" policy document. |