Recent government statistics have revealed that over 260,000 affordable homes have been delivered since April 2010.

The figures show that nearly 60,000 properties were delivered in the last year alone, a 63% rise from the previous year.

The 2011 to 2015 Affordable Homes Programme has so far built nearly 186,000 properties since April 2011.

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The programme includes social rented homes, affordable rented homes and affordable home ownership schemes

Housing Minister Brandon Lewis said work had already started on delivering a further 275,000 homes with £38 billion public and private investment for the scheme in the next five years.

Council areas that have seen some of the biggest numbers of affordable homes delivered since 2010, include:

• Cornwall – 3,750

• Birmingham – 3,460

• Wiltshire – 3,420

• Leeds – 2,360

• Liverpool – 2,270

• Manchester – 2,160

Nearly a third of affordable homes delivered last year were in London.

(LM/CD)