Housing Minister Grant Shapps has said that the Government is committed to giving councils more financial freedom to deliver a better deal for the 4 million people living in council housing.
Mr Shapps said: "The council house finance system is a mess. For far too many years this unfair system has tied the hands of councils, stopping them from best meeting the housing needs of the communities they serve.
“This Coalition Government is committed to genuine action to overhaul the system. As a starting point I can today confirm that I am continuing the consultation on dismantling the current system that is already underway.
"So I encourage everyone to use the remaining four weeks of the consultation to send me their views. Once I have considered these I will announce the next steps to return power and money to councils and communities themselves."
The consultation is open until 6th July 2010 and can be found at:
http://www.communities.gov.uk/publications/housing/selffinancingprospectus Read the full text of Grant Shapps's speech on the CLG website.
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