§ Mr. Sydney Irvingasked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many dwellings the Housing Corporation has built in the last five years; and what types of organisation it has used to bring about such development.
§ Mr. KaufmanDuring the last five complete years the following number of completions—in newly built dwelling units—has resulted from schemes carried out by housing societies and housing associations and funded by the Housing Corporation:
Year ended 31st March 1970 … 4,169 Year ended 31st March 1971 … 6.006 Year ended 31st March 1972 … 3,961 Year ended 31st March 1973 … 3,370 Year ended 31st March 1974 … 3,926
§ Mr. Sydney Irvingasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what is his estimate of the land acquisition needs and housing development target of the Housing Corporation for the next three years.
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§ Mr. KaufmanThe Housing Corporation will be mainly concerned to promote and finance projects carried out by registered housing associations. In many cases the land will be directly acquired by the association without the intervention of the corporation and the latter thus does not have a firm target for the overall amount of land it will need to acquire, although it is always alert to the possibility of acquiring plots that may be useful for housing purposes. The corporation is currently approving new housing association schemes at the rate of about 30.000 dwelling units a year, and expects to be able to sustain this rate. The total programme comprises about 26,000 newly constructed units and 4,000 improvements or conversions.