Housing minister Grant Shapps said he has identified enough Government land to build 80,000 homes, and wants to find enough sites for 100,000 homes by 2015.
The minister said he is working with nine government departments and organisations including the BBC, Network Rail and the Royal Mail to identify unused land and buildings that could be released for house-building.
To help unlock sites for house building, Shapps announced the allocation of the £500 million Growing Places Fund - launched three months ago - to 39 Local Enterprise Partnerships across the country.
The minister also said he will allocate £45 million funding to help unlock 18 of the most difficult stalled sites in the country.
The funding forms part of the £420 million Get Britain Building fund launched two months ago.
The NewBuy Guarantee scheme will be launched in March to help those aspiring to buy newly-built properties to do so with only a 5% deposit.
Power is also to be devolved from Whitehall to town halls, ending a long-standing 'tax on tenants', which will help councils keep the rents they collect and invest the money in their homes.
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