Housing: Rented Homes — Question

Part of the debate – in the House of Lords at 11:29 am on 12 March 2009.

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Photo of Lord Best Lord Best Crossbench 11:29, 12 March 2009

My Lords, I thank the Minister for that typically helpful and positive response. I declare my interest as chair of the Hanover Housing Association and as a member of the 2020 Group, which brings together Shelter, the house builders' federation, the Local Government Association and others. Will the Minister use her considerable influence, alongside ministerial colleagues from another place, to impress on the Chancellor the double benefits of supporting a boost in output of rented homes? Will she stress that this brings the benefits of addressing the ailing construction industry's woes—LGA research shows some 447,000 jobs may go between 2008 and 2010—while simultaneously assisting the housing of homeless people and alleviating overcrowding and all the miseries that go with acute shortages of rented housing?