The Liverpool City Region’s new landmark devolution deal could help the area “create healthy housing markets,” according to the National Housing Federation.

Yesterday (17 November) local authorities in Liverpool, Sefton, Knowsley, Wirral, Halton and St Helens signed up to a package offering a range of powers to be devolved from central government, including control over investment worth £30 million a year for the next 30 years, and the appointment of a new directly elected mayor who will chair the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority.

Reacting to the move Kate Teasdale (pictured), the National Housing Federation’s external affairs manager for the North West, says: “We desperately need more and better homes throughout the region.

“New planning powers which cover the whole city region and a Land Commission will give the area some of the tools it needs to create healthy local housing markets, boosting productivity and improving public sector efficiency. But without funding for new homes Liverpool will struggle to meet its housing ambitions.

“Housing associations in the Liverpool City Region provide 152,000 homes and help create strong, vibrant communities.

“These organisations are already working closely with the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority to deliver homes and services, driving economic growth, getting more local people into work and helping people live healthy lives with the right support.”

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