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Does FH Soc want more affordable houses?
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Tim Lund


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16-10-2012 08:48 PM

So that people - the young especially - find it easier to have a decent life, and bring up their kids?

Just so the question is properly understood, affordable is not in quotes, so it should not necessarily be taken as asking if they want more social housing, with rents up to 80% of market rents - although this is an option. The question could also mean whether the FH Soc would like to see existing house prices drop, so they become more affordable, without any increase in supply, whether social or private sector. OTOH, if the FH Soc accepts that there could be more supply, would they be prepared to see more in SE23, and if so where? What percentage of any increased supply would they want to be 'social'? Does the FH Soc accept that housing is a long term asset, which over the years may move between the public and private sector, that people may also move between the two sectors, so that the distinction between the two sectors is of only short term significance?

Does the FH Soc understand the provisions in the Localism Act whereby Community Infrastructure Levy on new developments should flow to neighbourhoods which accept more housing, and if so, does it have any views on how it should be spent?

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Does FH Soc want more affordable houses? - Tim Lund - 16-10-2012 08:48 PM