§ 29. Mr. Stephen Rossasked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he is satisfied with the amount of loan sanction available to local authorities in the Home Counties for housing improvements and associated repairs.
§ Mr. KaufmanOf course not, but within essential constraints on expenditure by local authorities on improving dwellings in their ownership, the amounts available under Section 105 of the Housing Act 1974 to authorities in the Home Counties should enable them to get ahead with contracts known to be let by 31st March last and, in many cases, to bring substandard dwellings acquired from private owners into a decent condition.