Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Communities and Local Government – in the House of Commons at 2:30 pm on 3 June 2013.
Sheila Gilmore
Labour, Edinburgh East
2:30,
3 June 2013
The Government said that the proceeds of these right-to-buy sales will be used to build new affordable homes, but the problem surely is that these are not going to be affordable homes and one direct consequence will be a big increase in the housing benefit bill if any houses actually get built for that kind of rent.
