Before the hon. Gentleman gets carried away with this Manichean view of how wonderful things were then and how terrible they are now, let me point out that he is right in the sense that the income needed to buy shared ownership housing in London in April this year will be £90,000. However, under the coalition Government, it was £85,000 for three bedrooms or more, which is not really affordable either, is it?
Housing: Long-term Plan
Proceeding contribution from
Andy Slaughter
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 9 February 2016.
It occurred during Opposition day on Housing: Long-term Plan.
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