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HANSARD HousingWell, 12,500 is the minimum amount that is due to come out of the affordable homes programme. We hope and believe that the aspiration may be more, not least because we have taken…09 Apr 2019HANSARD HousingI want to correct the right hon. Gentleman on the rehousing numbers for Grenfell, not least because I hope he would never seek to use it as a political football. We are putting…09 Apr 2019HANSARD HousingI hear what my right hon. Friend is saying. She is making a strong point. I hope she agrees that part of the solution is to encourage neighbourhood plans, particularly in her…09 Apr 2019HANSARD HousingAs the hon. Gentleman knows, we are in ongoing discussions with Manchester about its housing ambition, but one of the frustrations in that conversation is the unwillingness of the…09 Apr 2019HANSARD HousingMy hon. Friend, in his customary manner, has raised an important but detailed point. I will go away and ascertain what the timetable might be and keep him posted about where…09 Apr 2019HANSARD HousingThe hon. Gentleman has met me to press his constituents’ case. In turn, I have raised the matter face to face with the representative of Ballymore. We continue to put pressure on…09 Apr 2019HANSARD HousingI am constantly asked what targets might be for particular types of housing.09 Apr 2019HANSARD HousingMy right hon. Friend, with his usual wisdom, has prefaced the part of my speech I am moving on to. He is quite right: we believe that modern methods of construction hold enormous…09 Apr 2019HANSARD HousingNo. In addition to our affordable homes guarantee scheme, which gives £3 billion of guaranteed support, making it cheaper and easier for housing associations to raise funds and…09 Apr 2019HANSARD HousingAs I was saying, a home speaks directly to your hopes and dreams and gives your children a good start in life. It is about moving to take up a better job and anchoring yourself in…09 Apr 2019HANSARD HousingSadly, I cannot quite confirm that. We are very close to completing the rehousing of everybody who was involved in the Grenfell Tower fire. At the moment, the numbers remaining…09 Apr 2019HANSARDHomes for Social RentThe hon. Lady is quite right to point out that we have not hit our one-to-one target. That is correct—it would be foolish to deny it—but at the same time those 66,000 homes that…08 Apr 2019HANSARDHomes for Social RentThe hon. Gentleman is quite right to raise the fact that demand in all parts of the housing market outstrips supply—social, affordable and, indeed, all ownership models that we…08 Apr 2019HANSARDHousing: NewcastleSince 2010, over 21,850 new homes have been delivered in Tyne and Wear. In March, we announced over £16 million from the housing infrastructure fund, which will help to unlock a…08 Apr 2019HANSARDHousing SectorI hope that everybody in the House wants to see new build quality improve, and we will soon consult on the details of a new homes ombudsman to make it so. We are also cracking…08 Apr 2019HANSARDHome OwnershipYes.08 Apr 2019HANSARDHomes for Social RentI applaud any local authority that is putting its shoulder to the wheel of solving the housing crisis. A great sadness of my time as a borough councillor—I was a councillor for…08 Apr 2019HANSARDHousing SectorAs a constituency MP with a large amount of house building in my patch, I regularly deal with exactly the sort of problems that the right hon. Gentleman raises, and I make my…08 Apr 2019HANSARDHomes for Social RentSince 2010 we have delivered more than 407,000 new affordable homes. That includes more than 293,000 affordable homes for rent, of which 135,000 are for social rent. There is…08 Apr 2019HANSARDSocial HousingOn top of our £9 billion affordable homes programme, we have reintroduced social rent, removed the housing revenue account borrowing cap and announced £2 billion of long-term…08 Apr 2019