Housing minister Dominic Raab says the government can’t
allow councils to “abdicate their responsibility” over affordable homes. But
Raab offered councils little on lifting the debt cap telling the Commons
Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee, only that submissions to
government will be considered. The issue, said Raab, said was of best leverage
of a council’s position to get homes built. Government, he said, will
prioritise priorities areas of “highest demand” with expensive prices. Challenged
over the total amount invested on affordable housing being less than total
increase on Help to Buy, Raab said: “We want to make for low and middle incomes
that homes are being built.” Read more on 24housing.
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