Housing: Overcrowding Debate
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Baroness Thornhill
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Housing: Overcrowding
Baroness Thornhill Excerpts(1 year, 6 months ago)
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Baroness Scott of Bybrook (Con)
This is a subject that my noble friend brings up quite often. As I have said, we will continue to look at every solution to the problem of more houses in this country.
Baroness Thornhill (LD)
My Lords, for me, the key issue is the lack of suitable homes for people to upsize to at a rent that they can afford. Will the Government please reconsider unfreezing the local housing allowance to help some families, especially those in the private sector, to upsize and get out of those conditions?
Baroness Scott of Bybrook (Con)
We have no plans to do so at the moment but I will keep the noble Baroness and the House aware of any that we might have in the future.