Homes for Social Rent

Part of Housing, Communities and Local Government – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 18 June 2018.

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Photo of Ruth Smeeth Ruth Smeeth Labour, Stoke-on-Trent North 12:00, 18 June 2018

The Secretary of State fails to point out that only 199 houses have been built in the past six months. Given his failure to build new housing, can we instead look at actions to deal with the 7,235 privately owned empty houses in Stoke-on-Trent?

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