<p>On 12 October 2021, DLUHC announced (<a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fnews%2Fthousands-of-new-homes-to-be-built-and-derelict-land-transformed&data=04%7C01%7CPSChristopherPincher%40communities.gov.uk%7C1cdf37f51c87469a083f08d993e6a6ac%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637703441104117498%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=xTFnLkQBeEBPZ2PfKaR%2BTA5bpPNCkp4XCctHKqXWw2I%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/thousands-of-new-homes-to-be-built-and-derelict-land-transformed</a>) £57,822,243 of funding from the Brownfield Land Release Fund (BLRF) to support 110 projects to release land for more than 5,600 homes by March 2024. This grant funding will be allocated to 53 local authorities shortly. Further, DLUHC has announced a second bidding opportunity for local authorities to bid for the remaining £20 million self and custom build funding, with more successful BLRF projects to be announced before the end of the financial year.</p>