Affordable Social Housing In The South East

EDM number 70 in 2007-08, proposed by Mike Hancock on 06/11/2007.
Categorised under the topics of Housing, Housing supply, Planning and Social rented housing.

That this House urges the Government to recognise the dire state of affordable social housing supply in the South East region, which is running at less than one third of the regional planning guidance minimum target, and that housing waiting lists in the region have increased by 27 per cent. since 1998, with the use of temporary accommodation increasing by over 97 per cent.; notes that local authority lettings have fallen by 22 per cent.; recognises that house prices have doubled in five years; and therefore calls on the Government to increase substantially investment in affordable social housing in the South East region in order to allow local authorities and housing associations to meet the needs of local people and to promote the long-term health and geographical balance of the local economy.

This motion has been signed by a total of 18 MPs.