Council Housing

Jeremy Corbyn Excerpts

Tuesday 16th October 2012 Ministerial Corrections

The following is the answer given by the Under-Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, the right hon. Member for Bath (Mr Foster), to a supplementary question from the hon. Member for Islington North (Jeremy Corbyn) during Communities and Local Government Question Time on 17 September 2012.

[Jeremy Corbyn]

Will the Minister join me in congratulating my own local authority and other Labour-controlled authorities that have managed to build council housing at the present time? Will he also recognise that until now, council tenancies have been the most secure form of tenancy in the country and have provided a stable home for many families, and that that is the best way out of the housing crisis? Will he stop using the word “affordable” and start talking about council housing at fair rents?