Housing: New Housebuilding Debate

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Housing: New Housebuilding

Lord Swinfen Excerpts
Wednesday 20th March 2013

(11 years, 2 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Baroness Hanham Portrait Baroness Hanham
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My Lords, the regulations related to the right to buy are as they are at the present time. I do not believe that they have changed and therefore the noble Lord will know how they apply and that they are going to carry on as before.

Lord Swinfen Portrait Lord Swinfen
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My Lords, my noble friend mentioned affordable homes in her first Answer. What is the Government’s definition of an affordable home?

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.