New Council House push to create 5000 construction jobs

More than 5,000 construction jobs will be created due to plans to build over 2,000 new council houses, according to housing minister John Healey.Healey said that 47 councils,will receive a share of £127m government funding to help build these homes. They will match funding bringing total investment to over £250m as part of the Prime Minister’s £1.5bn Housing Pledge announced in Building Britain’s Future in June.


To help fund the new programme, central government will add £127m to the £250m provided by local authorities, as part of the prime minister's £1.5bn housing pledge made in June.

Construction of the first homes in the new council housebuilding programme will begin before the end of the year, with a second wave of projects to be announced in the autumn.


Sir Bob Kerslake, chief executive of the Homes & Communities Agency, said of the programme: “Local authority new build is another important stimulus to the housing market, empowering councils and allowing them to call the shots when it comes to local housing needs."