When the Work and Pensions Committee visited Bedfordshire in connection with its work on housing benefit, housing associations told us that in order to get grants to build so-called affordable housing—which will be at 80% of market rent—they were required to place some of their existing stock into that category as it became available for rent. This housing is not truly affordable, so what effect will that have on the housing benefit budget in due course?
Housing Supply
Proceeding contribution from
Sheila Gilmore
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 9 July 2014.
It occurred during Opposition day on Housing Supply.
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2014-15
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