Council House Waiting List Hits 11,000 Amid Immense Strain on System
TAUNTON AND WELLINGTON, JUL 16 – MP Gideon Amos highlights a growing social housing shortage driven by rapid council home sales and calls for stricter government controls to reduce the waiting list.
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MP calls for action on council house waiting list - Around Wellington
Taunton and Wellington’s MP, Gideon Amos, has called on the government to move to tackle the housing waiting list by tightening up controls in the sell-off of council homes. Mr Amos, the Liberal Democrat spokesperson for housing and planning, challenged the Housing Minister, Matthew Pennycook, in Parliament on Monday. He asked: “What assessment has been made of the potential merits of allowing local authorities to end the right to buy in their a…
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