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Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

Answer

Simon Hughes: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister (1) if he will break down Low Cost Home Ownership units planned for Southwark in the Housing Corporation's 2004-06 Approved Development Programme by (a) one-bed, (b) two-bed, (c) three-bed and (d) four- bed or more; [199044] (2) if he will break down Low Cost Home Ownership (LCHO) units planned for Southwark in the Housing Corporation's 2004-06 Approved Development Programme by (a) conventional shared ownership, (b) key worker shared ownership, (c) Homebuy and (d) other forms of LCHO. [199045] Keith Hill: The Housing Corporation have so far allocated resources to fund a total of 239 shared ownership dwellings, of which 174 are for Keyworkers, and 196 Homebuy dwellings in Southwark over the years 2004-06. The other forms of Low Cost Home Ownership are Right to Acquire, which is demand-led; and the Voluntary Purchase Grant, of which none are planned in Southwark. The following table below the split of low cost homeownership schemes by one, two, three and four or more bedrooms. The figure for Homebuy Market Purchase cannot be broken down until the individual properties are purchased. Low cost homeownership in Southwark _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Dwellings 1 Bed 2 Bed 3 Bed 4 Bed Homebuy Market Purchase 196 n/k n/k n/k n/k Conventional Shared 174 75 98 1 0 Ownership--Keyworker Conventional Shared 65 26 39 0 0 Ownership--Other Total 435 101 137 1 0 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

426 c1726W;426 c1730-1W; 199044;199045

Session

2003-04

Subjects

Low incomes Owner occupation Southwark Shared ownership schemes Home ownership incentive schemes Homebuy scheme Approved development programme

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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