Social Rented Housing: Standards Mr. Betts To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether he plans to change his planned expenditure on the Decent Homes programme for 2009-10 and 2010-11. John Healey The £1.5 billion Housing Pledge will provide additional expenditure for new affordable housing and related housing market provision as set out in Building Britain’s Future. It is funded through contributions from other Government Departments and reprioritisation of CLG programmes.