A proposal by Westminster Council to let social housing
flats at ‘intermediate rents’ to those earning over £50,000 a year has been
blasted as "insane". The
London borough's Labour Group has complained that, with 1,000 families living
in overcrowded conditions, the "insanity of Westminster’s housing policy
knows no bounds". Councillor Guthrie McKie, Labour spokesperson for
housing, said: “The council has given up trying to find housing solutions for
the 1,000 Westminster families living in overcrowded and 400 families in
unsuitable housing conditions.” Read more on 24dash.
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