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Q1
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The question addresses the decline and increase in social rented homes over a period of time.
What assessment has been made of trends in the level of new council homes since 2010? Last year, only 6,287 homes for social rent were built while 10,000 were lost due to right-to-buy and other conversions. Is it not time to use net figures rather than 'built' figures and review the right to buy?
Councils built 26,185 affordable homes between 2010-11 and 2018-19, up from just 2,994 over the previous 13 years under a Labour Administration. We are giving councils the tools to deliver a new generation of council housing by lifting borrowing caps in 2018 to facilitate 10,000 new homes annually by 2021-22.
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The issue of using net figures rather than 'built' figures and reviewing the right to buy was not addressed in detail.
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Q2
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Addressing the long-term issue of housing demand surpassing supply, focusing on government efforts to increase home construction.
For a long period, demand has outstripped supply. This Government are building more homes than in any year since 1990 with 1.5 million more homes built since 2010 and initiatives for rough sleeping and homeless people implemented.
This Government are building more homes, delivering 1.5 million more homes since 2010, continuing with this initiative, bringing in initiatives for rough sleeping and homeless people, fully aware of the issue.
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