{"id":129877,"date":"2023-07-17T10:24:04","date_gmt":"2023-07-17T09:24:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=129877"},"modified":"2023-07-17T10:24:04","modified_gmt":"2023-07-17T09:24:04","slug":"housing-ceo-gove-housing-crisis-funding-unspent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/housing-ceo-gove-housing-crisis-funding-unspent\/129877\/","title":{"rendered":"Housing association CEO calls out Gove after housing crisis funding was unspent"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Manningham Housing Association&#8217;s CEO has written to Michael Gove after it emerged that almost \u00a32bn in housing crisis funding was returned to the Treasury<\/h2>\n<p>After figures released under the the Freedom of Information Act showed that the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communitites (DLUHC) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/1-9bn-of-funding-for-housing-crisis-returned-treasury-dluhc\/129773\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">returned \u00a31.9bn of housing crisis funding<\/a>, the housing sector has responded with disappointment.<\/p>\n<p>Jack Shaw, who uncovered the initial figures, said that \u201cthe government is experiencing significant challenges investing in housing because of<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/number-of-new-homes-in-england-expected-drop-dramatically-warns-housebuilding-industry\/121905\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a0a perfect storm in market conditions<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-iyhl1z\">\u201cBut the decision to delay housing investment or withdraw it altogether as a result of lower than anticipated spending will mean fewer homes are built.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>CEO of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.manninghamhousing.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Manningham Housing Association (MHA)<\/a> Lee Bloomfield has now written a letter to Levelling Up secretary Michael Gove, asking why his department failed to find a use for the allocated funding.<\/p>\n<h3>Over 3,000 people are on MHA&#8217;s waiting list for affordable housing<\/h3>\n<p>It is believed the \u00a319.bn in housing crisis funding includes \u00a3355m of the programmed spending on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/affordable-homes-programme-will-fund-replacement-homes-england\/128931\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Affordable Homes Programme<\/a> for 2022-23, which could have financed the building of at least 5,000 new homes.<\/p>\n<p>The MHA chief executive wrote: \u201cIf this is indeed the case, it is a shame that neither you nor your officials chose to visit Bradford district before handing these resources back.<\/p>\n<p>He advised Mr Gove that MHA manages over 1,400 homes for more than 6,000 people, adding: \u201cHowever, demand is huge. 3,359 people are currently on our waiting list for an MHA home. 1,551 of these need a home of more than three bedrooms. As you might imagine, to read that Government resources to help us meet this demand have simply been handed back is more than a little disappointing from our perspective.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>More affordable homes are needed in Bradford and across the UK<\/h3>\n<p>In his letter, Mr Bloomfield stressed that, whilst he did not doubt <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/does-government-care-about-uk-housing-crisis\/119980\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the difficulty of tackling the national housing crisis<\/a> nor Michael Gove&#8217;s\u00a0\u201cpersonal commitment to meeting this challenge, I do question how and why the limited funds available to you are not being used.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_129880\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-129880\" style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-129880\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Lee-Bloomfield-MHA-Chief-Executive-250x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Lee-Bloomfield-MHA-Chief-Executive-250x300.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Lee-Bloomfield-MHA-Chief-Executive-854x1024.jpg 854w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Lee-Bloomfield-MHA-Chief-Executive-768x920.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Lee-Bloomfield-MHA-Chief-Executive-1282x1536.jpg 1282w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Lee-Bloomfield-MHA-Chief-Executive-1709x2048.jpg 1709w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Lee-Bloomfield-MHA-Chief-Executive-696x834.jpg 696w, 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