Derby City Council’s housing team was already at ‘full capacity’ when the Government announced its new £500m Local Authority Housing Fund (LAHF) in England.
The £500m fund was designed to be used by councils to buy housing stock, build new homes, convert existing non-residential properties and refurbish dilapidated housing or empty homes into much-needed accommodation for desperate Afghan and Ukrainian families.
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