Housing: New Housebuilding Debate

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Lord Best

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Housing: New Housebuilding

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Wednesday 20th March 2013

(11 years, 9 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Baroness Hanham Portrait Baroness Hanham
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My Lords, an affordable home is one that in previous circumstances my noble friend might have known as social housing. It is provided by social landlords in the form of local councils or housing associations.

Lord Best Portrait Lord Best
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My Lords, can the noble Baroness tell us whether there is more news to come from the Chancellor or from her department on the subject of local authorities being able once more to build council housing, preferably retirement housing? Building bungalows and flats for older people would release some of their family housing.