Jenrick abandons 'mutant' housing algorithm to focus on urban development | News
By Joey Gardiner2020-12-16T09:46:00+00:00 Change of course sees rural areas spared and more investment in North and Midlands The government has abandoned an algorithm that would have dramatically increased housebuilding in the Conservatives’ southern heartlands. England’s 20 biggest cities will instead take a much larger share of new homes under new plans drawn up by Robert Jenrick after a huge backlash from Conservative MPs. The focus for housing numbers and affordable housing investment has switched to major cities in the North and Midlands. The previous plan, dubbed a “mutant alg...