The Commons Committee of Public Accounts has serious concerns with the Government's Affordable Homes Programme (AHP).The Government has committed to building 80,000 affordable homes through £1.8bn in grants to social housing providers.However, with the average grant of £20,000 per home a third of that under the previous programme, providers will have to make up the shortfall themselves. The committee says that this will lead to higher rents and thus an increase in housing benefit costs.C...
