Local authority homes available for reletting
The Minister reported annual reletting figures of 2,132 to 2,753 from 1979 to 1983 and said a £5,000 tenant grant scheme should help reach the target of 3,000 homes.
asked the Minister for the Environment the number of local authority dwellings made available for reletting in each year since 1979.
Comment on this
The number of vacant local authority dwellings that became available for reletting in each year since 1979 have been as follows: 1979, 2,132; 1980, 2,341; 1981, 2,056; 1982, 2,182; 1983, 2,753.
Figures for 1984 are not yet available.
Comment on this
The Minister said that the number of houses available for reletting in 1983 was 2,753. In Building on Reality, the Minister said that 3,000 houses would be made available for reletting each year. How and when does the Minister hope to achieve that target? Will there be 3,000 houses available for letting in 1985?
Comment on this
The introduction of the £5,000 grant scheme for local authority tenants of three years' standing will provide a number of additional houses to the local authorities to enable them to add to the average total which is around a figure of 2,500. The figure of 3,000 houses should be achieved with that incentive.
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