Proceeding contribution from Yvette Cooper (Labour) in the House of Commons on Monday, 23 July 2007. It occurred during Ministerial statement on Housing.
Housing
My hon. Friend will agree that affordable private rented housing is important, but we ensure that it is both affordable and of an appropriate quality. I have particular concerns about some of the investment that is not buy to let, but buy to leave, whereby flats or new developments are left empty as a result of investors or speculators sitting on properties. Local councils should think carefully about using some of their empty homes powers to bring some of those properties back into use. They have the powers to do so, but we are looking at more incentives as part of the Green Paper to support that.
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- 2006-07
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- Construction Council housing Housing Land Empty property Government departments Floods Local government Low incomes Pollution control Carbon emissions First time buyers
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