Social Rented Housing – Parliamentary Written Answer

Bridget Phillipson: To ask the Secretary of State for CLG what assessment has been made of the likely effects on incentives to gain employment of reviewing social tenancies when tenants' circumstances change?
Andrew Stunell: In 2008-09 only 49% of social rented tenants of working age were in work. We need to take action to address the high levels of worklessness in the social rented sector. We have recently pledged to introduce a national social home swap programme to make it easier for social tenants to move to another home or another part of the country, increasing their opportunities to find work. We also plan to make it easier for social tenants to work from home and start up home businesses.