The Government’s flagship housing legislation is having a
miserable time of it in the House of Lords. MPs may ignore the will of the
Lords, but there has already been a series of concessions. Here are 16 defeats
and U-turns it’s suffering from.
1. Defeat:
Raid on council coffers - Treasury has been blocked from keeping the proceeds
of the forced sale of high-value council houses - to fund Right-to-Buy discounts - without parliamentary approval
2. Defeat:
£100k discount on new homes - scheme to hand well-off first-time buyers a
taxpayer-funded 20% discount on a Starter Home has been moderated
3. Defeat:
Making “pay-to-stay” mandatory - Peers voted in support of a Labour-led
amendment to give local councils the discretion over whether to implement “pay
to stay”
Read thirteen more defeats and U-turns on the Huffington
Post website.
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