§ 47. Mr. GregoryTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what he is doing to encourage the provision of low cost housing to rent and for sale in rural areas.
§ Mr. WaldegraveThe White Paper published last September "Housing: The Government's Proposals", Cm. 214 set out the Government's proposals for housing generally including proposals to expand the housing association programme which provides low-cost homes for rent and other tenures in rural and urban areas.
I am currently considering whether any further measures, designed specifically to help rural areas, are needed.