Over the period 14-15 to 17-18, 3,003 affordable houses were completed in Cornwall.
Of these:
110 (3.7%) were social rent dwellings;
821 (27.3%) were affordable rent dwellings;
2,072 (69%) were intermediate affordable dwellings.
[MHCLG, Affordable housing supply statistics (AHS) 2017-18, Live tables – 1006C,1006S, 1006aC,1006aS, 1007C,1007S, 1008C,1008S, 1009]
Social and affordable housing
Affordable housing is social rented, affordable rented and intermediate housing, provided to eligible households whose needs are not met by the market. Affordable housing should include provisions to remain at an affordable price for future eligible households or for the subsidy to be recycled for alternative affordable housing provision.
Social rented housing is owned by local authorities and private registered providers (as defined in section 80 of the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008), for which guideline target rents are determined through the national rent regime. It may also be owned by other persons and provided under equivalent rental arrangements to the above, as agreed with the local authority or with the Homes and Communities Agency.
Affordable rented housing is let by local authorities or private registered providers of social housing to households who are eligible for social rented housing. Affordable Rent is subject to rent controls that require a rent of no more than 80 per cent of the local market rent (including service charges, where applicable).
Intermediate housing is homes for sale and rent provided at a cost above social rent, but below market levels subject to the criteria in the Affordable Housing definition above. These can include shared equity (shared ownership and equity loans), other low cost homes for sale and intermediate rent, but not affordable rented housing. Homes that do not meet the above definition of affordable housing, such as ‘low cost market’ housing, may not be considered as affordable housing for planning purposes.
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/definitions-of-general-housing-terms
