§ Mr. Sydney Chapmanasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what steps he is taking to enable housing associations to fulfil the expanded rôle envisaged for them in the recent White Paper, Command Paper No. 5280.
§ Mr. ChannonI am reviewing with the Housing Corporation and voluntary housing movement the measures needed to enable them to play a larger rôle. To enable housing associations to get ahead with conversion and improvement of older housing I have increased the contributions under Section 21 of the 1969 Act towards schemes undertaken by housing associations in Greater London under arrangements made with local authorities under Section 121 of the Housing Act 1957. These will now he calculated on the following higher limits of the approved full cost per dwelling:
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Works only Works and Acquisition £ £ 1 person dwelling 4,000 6,000 2 or 3 person dwellings 6,000 8,000 4 or more person dwellings 8,000 10,000 Throughout the rest of England I propose to increase the existing full cost limits per dwelling on which contributions are calculated for housing associations' schemes. The new limits will be:
Works only Works and Acquisition £ £ 1 person dwelling 2,000 3,000 2 or 3 person dwellings 3,000 4,000 4 or more person dwellings 4,000 5,000