Ombudsman Candidate Grilled By MPs Over Comments On Social Tenants

London’s former deputy mayor for housing and the government’s preferred candidate for the Housing Ombudsman has been grilled by MPs over past comments about social tenants. Richard Blakeway faced a pre-appointment hearing at the Housing, Communities and Local Government Select Committee. Bob Blackman, a Conservative MP and member of the committee, read from a 2009 Inside Housing article that quoted Mr Blakeway as saying: “The quality of life is a joke. Forty-six per cent of social tenants love their dog more than their neighbour. Why? Largely because of the total absence of the market.” Read more on Inside Houisng.

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