The Conservative Party has pledged to ‘respect’ the tenures and rents of social housing tenants if it wins power. In its manifesto the party attempts to head off suggestions it would abandon security of tenure for social housing tenants. The Labour Party has suggested this would likely happen under a Conservative government and has campaigned heavily on the issue so far.
The Conservative’s manifesto does not make it clear what it means by ‘respecting tenancies and rents’ but Grant Shapps, the Conservative’s housing spokesman, indicated last week that the party would not scrap secure tenancies for either existing or future tenants. Read the full story on the Inside Housing website by clicking on the logo below.
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