BURSTHousing associations want chancellor to class social housing as critical infrastructure to allow for extra spending
Housing bosses representing 1.5m social homes across England will press Rachel Reeves to reclassify affordable housing as infrastructure spending, amid a battle between the chancellor and Angela Rayner.
There is deep dissatisfaction with the level of funding for social homes in the spending review due next week. Rayner, the housing secretary, is one of the last remaining holdouts in negotiations with the Treasury over departmental spending settlements.
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