My Lords, the money is in the Budget. Affordable homes for rent are grant funded. Contrary to what one might think, they will be the first, not the last, to be built out because they are grant funded. They effectively act as pump-priming money for developers to build. I do not agree with that point.
Housing and Planning Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Baroness Williams of Trafford
(Conservative)
in the House of Lords on Tuesday, 1 March 2016.
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and
Debate on bills on Housing and Planning Bill.
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