HC Deb 16 December 1969 vol 793 cc260-1W
34. Mr. Johnson Smith

asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government what plans he has to arrest the decline in building in the voluntary housing movement.

Mr. Freeson

There has been no general decline of building in the field of voluntary housing. Housing association starts during the first half of 1969 were 5,199 compared with 2,123 in 1968. Both figures include schemes partly financed by the Housing Corporation, which have dropped.