Written evidence to be reported to the House
Housing and Regeneration Bill
5:15 pm
Alan Walters: No. I think the answer has to be absolutely not, in principle. The question is what conditions or costs are involved. We would certainly defend secure council tenancies, lower rents and accountable landlords. If we can find a way of squaring that circle that maintains all those elements and does not mean private landlords or consortiums of developers in effect taking over our estates, we would be prepared to look at the options.