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Housing Costs (Reformed Welfare System)

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.

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
593 c864 
Session
2014-15
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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