§ Lord Balnielasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government why his Department's Circular N.T.43 dated 16th 289W August, 1967 makes no provision for any reduction in price in the sale of New Town Commission loans for sitting tenants; and whether he will re-examine the matter with a view to providing this help for sitting tenants.
§ Mr. MacColl:In the interests of good estate management the Commission are likely to restrict sales of their rented housing stock to particular estates. It would inequitable to allow a tenant, permitted to buy the house he was already renting, to receive a financial concession denied to one who could only purchase by moving house.