If the Minister is really so keen to build genuinely affordable housing, why will the Government not lift the borrowing cap on local authorities? Why are they so obsessed with worrying about public sector debt levels, given that borrowing for council housing is known to be a really safe investment? Other countries do not include it in public sector borrowing, and we should not do so either.
Housing Supply
Proceeding contribution from
Caroline Lucas
(Green Party)
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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