Healey Warns Sector 'Don't Go Over The Top' In Praise For Government

Housing associations should be cautious of going "over the top" in their praise for Theresa May’s government in the aftermath of her well-received speech last week. Speaking at a fringe event at the party’s annual conference Healey said “ £2bn in three years’ time when the money’s needed now, £2bn when it’s dwarfed totally by more than £20bn that’s been cut from affordable housing investment since 2010 and £2bn in three years’ time when actually last year they made £8bn immediately available to boost Help To Buy. It may be that [housing associations] started 43,000 homes last year but I’d wager that a very, very small number of those were social rented homes.” Read more on Inside Housing.

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