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Hundreds of military families given leg up the housing ladder

Military families are being helped by homeownership schemes.

Every day a military family is helped to take a step up the housing ladder thanks to the government’s homeownership schemes, Housing Minister Kris Hopkins said yesterday (14 October 2013).

New figures released today reveal that, over the last 2 years, more than 780 military households have either bought or reserved a new home through FirstBuy and its successor Help to Buy: equity loan; initiatives that help people purchase a new build home with a fraction of the deposit normally required.

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