Of course, this is not just about the loss of council properties in high-value areas. The impact of the policy would surely be that those properties would move into the privately rented sector, meaning that the housing benefit bill is likely to increase to enable the same properties to be rented out.
Housing and Planning Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Andrew Gwynne
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 12 January 2016.
It occurred during Debate on bills
and
Legislative Grand Committee proceedings (HC) on Housing and Planning Bill.
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