41 councils will benefit from a £45million allocation from the
Land Release Fund for developments on council land.
The Land Release Fund competitively assessed bids from local
authorities on value for money, innovation, and the contribution to
wider government housing objectives.
A total of 79 bids were successful in the assessment process,
which will see £45 million being awarded to 41 authorities.
The fund was oversubscribed with more than £100 million received
in funding requests for 143 projects.
The successful bids will release land for homes by March
2020.
Click here for more information and details of
the successful bids.