I personally think that it would be harsh to go around evicting everybody who is under-occupying although, that happens when people try to succeed to a tenancy; they are told that they cannot do so because the property is too big. I do not think that overcrowding is taken sufficiently seriously. Malcolm Wicks highlighted in his memoirs how he argued, when a Labour Housing Minister, for the need to bring in something akin to the current situation.
Housing Costs (Reformed Welfare System)
Proceeding contribution from
John Hemming
(Liberal Democrat)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 3 March 2015.
It occurred during Estimates day on Housing Costs (Reformed Welfare System).
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