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Housing and the Credit Crunch

I have done an in-depth study of the views of my constituents who have housing association landlords. Interestingly, what came out of that was that one housing association might be at the top of the league in one place, but at the bottom of the league elsewhere, depending on the estate. The people who have the least power are the tenants, but they are also the people who know the most about the estates—and vice versa for housing associations. There is a big leap between national representation of housing association tenants and local representation, which is very important. The new body addresses that, and that is why I am a great supporter of it.