Angela Rayner eased building regulations to simplify efforts to build homes on gardens. Officials unveiled the policy alongside a £10bn residential funding package.
This funding represents the first wave of a larger building push aimed at providing new homes across chosen locations.
Detractors described the policy changes a comeback of garden grabbing. James Cleverly argued that the National Planning Policy Framework overhaul amounts to a return to garden grabbing. The Telegraph described the step as a hopeless solution to Britain's housing crisis, while the government focuses on launching the new funding.