Question
Lord Beecham
Labour
Life peer
Lords
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the reduction in council housing rents on (1) the maintenance and improvement of the existing council housing stock, and (2) the building of new council houses between now and 2022.
Answered on
11 April 2017
I refer the noble Lord to my previous answer to him on 27 March - PQ HL6120.
As stated in the Housing White Paper, the Government will in due course set out a rent policy for social landlords for the period beyond 2020 to help them to borrow against future income. Our aim is to ensure that they have the confidence they need about their future income in order to plan ahead.