An extra £420 million is being ploughed into the Get Britain Building Fund and the Growing Places Fund "to ensure that there are new homes to buy", chancellor George Osborne announced in his Budget.<br> <br> An additional £150 million will go to the GBBF – taking it up to £570 million – to unlock "shovel ready" sites with planning permission, creating up to 16,000 new homes and more than 30,000 new jobs. An extra £270 million will go to the GPF to deliver infrastructure to promote economic growth and build new houses.<br> <br> The announcement came just days after the Homes and Communities Agency revealed the shortlisted schemes for the GBBF – 224 schemes have entered a due diligence process before contracts are signed. HCA received 170 expressions of interest, containing bids for 392 schemes. Each was assessed in terms of value for money, deliverability and fit with local priorities.<br> <br> The shortlist adds to the first 18 sites announced under a special commissioning phase in February.<br> <br> HCA said that sites were on track to restart in June this year.<br> <br> Shortlisted schemes include two phases of Crest Nicholson's Ingress Park in Kent, Miller's Evesham development in Wychavon and …