Consultation outcome

First Homes

• From: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government (2018 to 2021)
• Published: 7 February 2020
• Last updated: 6 August 2020 — See all updates

This was published under the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

Applies to England

This consultation has concluded

Read the full outcome

First Homes: Summary of responses to the consultation and the government’s response

PDF, 513 KB, 36 pages

First Homes: Equality impact assessment

PDF, 363 KB, 17 pages

Detail of outcome

In the First Homes consultation, we discussed proposals for a scheme to provide homes for first-time buyers with a 30% discount against market value. The consultation covered both the design of the scheme and proposed planning changes to ensure they are delivered.

On 6 August 2020 we published a summary of the consultation responses and the government’s view on the way forward.

We are currently working to finalise the details of the First Homes scheme. More information on how to apply will be available in due course.

We have also published an equality impact assessment which sets out our analysis of how the policy will affect groups with protected characteristics.

On 1 April 2021 we published the government’s response to the proposals on securing First Homes in the Changes to the current planning system consultation.

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Original consultation

Summary

We are seeking views on our First Homes policy which will deliver discounted homes for local people.

This consultation ran from
7 February 2020 to 11:45pm on 1 May 2020

Consultation description

This consultation seeks views on First Homes for local people, considering both the design of this policy and options for its implementation.

It covers the following areas:

• what First Homes are and who should be eligible for them
• how the scheme should work in practice
• how to deliver more of these homes through developer contributions
• the requirement for delivering these homes through planning or legislation

Documents

First Homes consultation

PDF, 484 KB, 31 pages

A guide to First Homes

PDF, 246 KB, 1 page

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Published 7 February 2020
Last updated 6 August 2020 + show all updates

1. 6 August 2020

   Added consultation response.

2. 26 March 2020

   Consultation closing date has been extended to Friday 1 May.

3. 7 February 2020

   First published.