§ Mr. Roy HughesTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he will make a statement on the supply of rented accommodation and market rents.
§ Mr. ChopeHousing associations are now the main providers of new subsidised rented housing. Planned public expenditure through the Housing Corporation will double to over £1.7 billion by 1992–93; together with the increased scope for associations to use private finance, total output of rented housing by associations and local authorities in England is expected to rise to nearly 40,000 by that year. Council and housing association housing benefits from subsidies which keep rents generally far below market levels, and housing benefit meets up to 100 per cent. of rent for the poorest tenants.