Angela Rayner eased building regulations to make it easier to build homes on gardens. Ministers announced the decision alongside a £10bn property funding initiative.
This funding represents the first wave of a broader development effort intended to supply new homes across select areas.
Critics called the relaxed rules a return to garden grabbing. James Cleverly said the National Planning Policy Framework rewrite amounts to a return to garden grabbing. The Telegraph labeled the decision as a hopeless solution to Britain's housing crisis, while the government focuses on launching the new funding.