Housing Benefit – PWA

Alison Seabeck: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if he will assess the adequacy of the resources allocated to local authorities for the purposes of rehousing tenants who are found to be under-occupying social housing as a consequence of implementation of his proposals for changes to housing benefit.
Andrew Stunell: Many social landlords already provide support and incentives to tenants who wish to move to smaller properties. The national home-swap scheme which we intend to introduce will provide further assistance.