Does the hon. Gentleman agree that one of the biggest problems is that developers can get out of their obligation to build affordable homes by using viability studies? They can submit a planning application, pick the executive homes that they want to build and then, halfway through, they can produce viability studies and say, “Whoops! We cannot afford to build affordable homes.” Will the hon. Gentleman call on his Government to do something about this shambles?
Housing, Planning and the Green Belt
Proceeding contribution from
Wera Hobhouse
(Liberal Democrat)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 6 February 2018.
It occurred during Backbench debate on Housing, Planning and the Green Belt.
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