Inherited Social Housing Tenancies Debate
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Baroness Burt of Solihull
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Inherited Social Housing Tenancies
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Lorely Burt (Solihull) (LD)
Is not the crux of the problem that far too many families are waiting for social homes, that there is too much overcrowding in our social housing and that more than 400,000 houses were lost under the previous Government? Is not the answer to build more social housing for everyone who needs it?
Esther McVey
My hon. Friend is correct; we have to look at those on housing waiting lists and those in overcrowded accommodation, not that the Opposition seem to care about those people. We have committed to £4.5 billion of spending to ensure that we have another 177,000 social homes by 2015.