On that point, the Budget changed the future rental income forecast for social housing from the consumer prices index plus 2%, to minus 1%. The National Housing Federation said that that will reduce housing association revenue by £3.9 billion in this Parliament, and that a conservative estimate suggests a reduction of 27,000 homes being built because of measures in the Budget. How does the Secretary of State begin to justify that?
Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation
Proceeding contribution from
Clive Betts
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 13 July 2015.
It occurred during Budget debate on Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation.
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