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The Labour party has promised a 拢75bn 鈥渉ousing revolution鈥�, along with what it promises will be 鈥渢he biggest council housebuilding programme in decades鈥�.

As part of its manifesto, Labour said if it wins the general election on 12 December it will commit to building 100,000 council homes a year through to the end of the next Parliament.

It also promises to partner with housing associations and deliver 50,000 鈥済enuinely affordable鈥� social homes annually over the same period.

The party said its ambitious housing plans would be paid for with half of its proposed 拢150bn Social Transformation Fund.

Details of the programme鈥檚 funding 鈥� its 鈥淕rey Book鈥� 鈥� will be published alongside the manifesto.

Labour said it would ditch the Conservatives鈥� definition of 鈥渁ffordable鈥� housing and instead link it to local incomes, including social rent 鈥� which it said worked out at approximately half the level of market rents 鈥� together with a new living rent and homes for low-cost ownership.

Yesterday government figures revealed that in the year to March 2019.

The peak for council homes delivery in the past 25 years was in 1995/96, when nearly 57,000 council properties were built.

Citing 鈥渃utting edge design and green standards鈥�, Labour said the recent Stirling Prize-winning council house scheme in Norwich, Goldsmith Street, would be the benchmark for its new council housing could look like.

Speaking ahead of the manifesto鈥檚 launch, shadow housing secretary John Healey said the next Labour government would 鈥渒ick-start a housing revolution, with the biggest investment in new council and social homes this country has seen for decades.

鈥淟abour鈥檚 transformational housing plans will mean thousands more genuinely affordable homes for people on ordinary incomes in every area of the country.

鈥淥ur modern council and social housing will be built to cutting-edge design and green standards providing a long-term investment in our country鈥檚 future.鈥�