Mark Hendrick: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities
and Local Government what consideration his Department has given to allowing
councils and other bodies housing pensioners being given incentives to downsize
to smaller social housing properties, with particular reference to (a)
financial incentives and (b) priority in bidding for smaller properties; and
whether such incentives have also be considered for people below pensionable
age.
Mr Prisk (part answer): We have made it easier for all social tenants to
downsize to more suitable accommodation by increasing mobility, through changes
to the housing allocation rules in the Localism Act 2011 and the introduction
of a national mutual exchange scheme, “HomeSwap” Direct.
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