First keyworkers benefit from First Homes scheme

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The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities has confirmed that a nurse and a police officer from Derbyshire are among the first people to benefit from the First Homes scheme, which helps local first time buyers and keyworkers onto the housing ladder with at least a 30% discount off market price. It has also been announced that 1,500 First Homes are planned to be built in over 100 locations across England by March 2023. Further, the government has also published its prospectus for Help to Build, a £150m scheme aiming to facilitate self and custom build housing.