New council and social housing tenants in England will not necessarily keep their homes for life, housing minister Grant Shapps announced today (22 November) in a reform of social housing consultation. He said normal tenancy agreements would be for five, 10, 20 years or even a lifetime, but local organisations should have the freedom to see what worked in their areas. The “Local Decisions: A Fair Future for Social Housing”, consultation has been published this morning. Mr Shapps stressed that his proposals would not affect existing tenants. He told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "We need to start to resolve some of the problems, build more homes and actually help people. What we are creating is a new form of tenancy and affordable rent which is going to be significantly more protected than the private rented sector. There's no reason why a home in future should always be the home for life. You don't get that in the private sector." He went on: "The norm is very likely to be quite a significant length tenancy, five, 10, 20 years or a lifetime." The most vulnerable will be protected under the reforms, he said. Read more on 24dash.
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