PROVISION OF NEW COUNCIL HOUSING
- Session: 2009-10
- Date tabled: 02.12.2009
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- Sponsors:
That this House welcomes the initiative taken by Birmingham City Council and other local authorities to bring forward new council housing schemes and the investment made by the Government in these schemes; further welcomes the long-awaited consultation by the Government on the reform of council housing finance; and urges the Government to take forward these reforms as speedily as possible so that local authorities can once again provide adequate social housing to meet local needs, including using rental income from local tenants.