<p>The Government is committed to increasing the supply of social housing and has made £9 billion available through the Affordable Homes Programme to March 2022 to deliver approximately 250,000 new affordable homes in a wide range of tenures, including Social Rent.</p><p>Funding is allocated by Homes England (and the GLA in London). Registered providers (such as housing associations and local authorities) are able to bid into the Programme for funding to build Rent to Buy and affordable rented homes; funding for Shared Ownership is also open to private providers. Registered providers can also bid for funding to deliver social rent homes in areas of high affordability pressure.</p><p>The conditions guidance for the Affordable Homes Programme is published by the Department as part of its Capital Funding Guide.</p><p>The funding guide can be found here: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fguidance%2Fcapital-funding-guide&data=02%7C01%7CTim.Elligot%40communities.gov.uk%7C6c4f6adf19e444d11d1108d798284f5f%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637145171198142600&sdata=JiyliZO6%2FQsw4dqEiDtm%2FM3XscfQ26V60sLkg2ht8Lk%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/capital-funding-guide</a>.</p><p> </p>