‘Not a penny’ for new homes in Tory social housing plans
THE Tories’ social housing plans do not commit any money to building new homes, campaigners say.
Housing Secretary James Brokenshire claimed a Green Paper introduced yesterday will better allow tenants to hold landlords to account and help them to buy homes.
But Labour’s John Healey said: “It’s pitiful that while Conservative cuts have driven the number of new social rented homes to a record low, there is not a single penny of new money to increase supply.” The Local Government Association called the plans “only a small step”. And Polly Neate, of homelessness charity Shelter, said: “This is full of warm words, but doesn’t commit a single extra penny to the social homes needed by the 1.2 million people on the waiting list.” Last year just 5,900 social rented homes were built.