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Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

Answer

Jeremy Corbyn: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister (1) if he will break down the low cost homeownership units planned for Islington in the Housing Corporation's 2004-06 Approved Development Programme by (a) conventional shared ownership, (b) Do-It-Yourself shared ownership and (c) Homebuy; [198619] (2) if he will break down the low cost homeownership units planned for Islington 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 units. [198620] Keith Hill: The Housing Corporation have so far allocated resources to fund a total of 299 shared ownership dwellings and 342 Homebuy dwellings in Islington over the years 2004-06. In 1999, Homebuy was introduced into the Housing Corporation Approved Development Programme to replace the Do-It-Yourself shared ownership scheme. The following table shows 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 Islington _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Dwellings One bed Two bed Three bed Four bed Homebuy Market Purchase 342 1-- 1-- 1-- 1-- (for North London, including Islington) Conventional shared 260 138 114 8 0 ownership--keyworker Conventional shared 39 7 32 0 0 ownership--other Total 641 145 146 8 0 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

426 c1347-8W;426 c1351-2W; 198619;198620

Session

2003-04

Subjects

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

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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