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Secure Tenancies (Victims of Domestic Abuse) Bill [Lords]

On the amount of council housing that there is, a tiny amount is being built and that has been the case for many years, including under the previous Labour Government. Does the hon. Gentleman agree that a huge number of councils would love to get building more houses but simply say, “We can’t risk building new houses only to have them bought off us under right to buy within three years”? Would he support some kind of moratorium so that for brand new houses built by councils there would not be a right to buy for perhaps 20 or 25 years, so that more councils are encouraged to build houses?

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
638 c69 
Session
2017-19
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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