Further housing PFI cuts detailed

23 November 2010 10:11 Comments (0)

Two projects in the North West are among 13 schemes where £1.9bn of funding has been cut by the Homes & Communities Agency.

The HCA announcement follows the Spending Review Settlement for housing PFI projects. In a statement the HCA said: "The HCA will work with local authorities to consider future options. Consideration will be given in particular over the course of the Spending Review 2010 period to possible means and prospects to support local authority-led estate regeneration schemes including through non-PFI mechanisms. However, we do not wish to raise any expectation of alternative funding at this time given the department's tight Spending Review 2010 capital and resource funding settlement."

The projects where funding has been removed are:

Local Authority	Project
Birmingham City Council	Lyndhurst Estate
Cheshire East Council and Cheshire West & Chester Council	Extra-Care Housing
Camden London Borough Council	Gospel Oak Regeneration
Cornwall County Council	Extra-Care and General Needs
Hull City Council	Orchard Park Estate
Leeds City Council	Lifetime Neighbourhoods
Manchester City Council	Collyhurst Estate
Northampton Borough Council	Eastfields and Thorplands
Nottingham City Council	Meadows Estate
Portsmouth City Council	Somerstown Estate
Shropshire County Council	Extra-Care Housing
Southwark London Borough Council	Aylesbury Estate
Stoke-on-Trent City Council	Suburban Estate

At the same time, the HCA said others were still being assessed and had a chance, although no guarantee, of funding. These are:

Local Authority	Project
Derby City Council	Social Rented Housing
Kent County Council	Excellent Homes for All
Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council	Excellent Homes for Life
Lambeth London Borough Council	Myatts Field North
Leeds City Council	Little London
Leeds City Council	Beeston Hill & Holbeck
Manchester City Council	Brunswick Estate
North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council	Older People Homes for the Future
Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council	Gateways to Oldham
Salford City Council	Pendleton Estate
Stoke-on-Trent City Council	Extra-Care Housing
Wiltshire County Council	Social Rented Housing
Woking Borough Council	Priority Homes