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MP questions impact of immigration on affordable housing In House of Commons questions to Housing Minister John Healey, Mid Sussex MP Nicholas Soames asked about the impact of immigration on affordable housing:
Oral Questions - Communities
and Local Government - 26th January 2010
Affordable Housing (London)
Mr. Nicholas Soames (Mid-Sussex) (Con): Has the
Minister had time to see the powerful report from the House of Lords
Economic Affairs Committee, which calls for an assessment to be made by
the Government of the impact of immigration on affordable housing and
other housing, given the great pressure on demand? Has the right hon.
Gentleman made such an assessment?
John Healey: I recognise and pay tribute to the work
that the hon. Gentleman does on these issues, which I know he follows
closely. The short answer to his question is no, I have not studied that
report. I would be interested to know whether the Lords Committee studied
the changes that I made recently to the policy under which councils
allocate council and housing association homes, because that makes it
clear that migrants are not entitled to be on waiting lists in general,
and it has given local authorities more leeway to allocate homes according
to local pressures.
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