In the past, local authorities were able to handle housing crises, such as when way back in the ’60s they were building 300,000 homes a year. Having said that, local authorities also built houses for sale, helped first-time buyers and actually offered mortgages. It was the Thatcher Government who abolished that. Can we not do something about that?
Housing and Homes
Proceeding contribution from
Jim Cunningham
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 15 May 2018.
It occurred during Debate on Housing and Homes.
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