<p>The Home Builders Federation has joined a group of organisations urging government to drop its Infrastructure Levy plans.</p> <p>In a coalition of local authorities, developers, housing associations and charities, HBF has added its signature to a letter sent to levelling up secretary Michael Gove, warning that the Infrastructure Levy, set to replace the current developer contributions system including section 106 and the Community Infrastructure Levy, could reduce funding available for affordable and social rent homes.</p> <p>The letter calls upon the levelling up secretary to engage with the 30 organisations to reform the current developer contributions system, drawing upon the signatories’ experience and expertise. </p><p>The signatories argue that the proposed levy could make it “harder, not easier, for local leaders and communities to secure the benefits of new development”, also including critical supporting infrastructure such as roads, health centres and schools.</p> <p>Under the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill, the Department for Levelling Up, Housing &amp; Communities (DLUHC) intends for the Infrastructure Levy to merge and finance both housing and infrastructure. This move, the organisations state, could raise less money for affordable and social rent homes, creating less of a legal responsibility for developers to offer affordable tenures.</p> <p>It is unclear, the …