Community Infrastructure Fund
Community Infrastructure Fund (CIF) is a UK government initiative created as a joint venture by the Department for Transport and the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government,[1] it was created following the recommendation of the Barker Review of Housing Supply.[2]
CIF was created to fund transport schemes that would promote new housing and community growth, to date there have been two iterations of the scheme, CIF Round 1 and CIF Round 2. The total amount of funding being allocated through the Round 2 was £300 million, £100 million of which was to develop the Thames Gateway region, with schemes competing for the remaining £200 million. The total cost of all the bidding schemes was over £1.1 billion.[3]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Community Infrastructure Fund, written answers and statements". 27 March 2009. Retrieved 25 November 2009.
- ↑ Hetherington, Peter (18 March 2004). "'Social house building must double'". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 13 September 2014. Retrieved 30 September 2026.
- ↑ "Community Infrastructure Fund Round 2". Department for Transport. Archived from the original on 22 November 2010. Retrieved 25 November 2009.