Homes and Communities Agency

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Communities and Local Government – in the House of Commons am 2:30 pm ar 3 Mawrth 2009.

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Photo of Margaret Beckett Margaret Beckett Minister of State (Department of Communities and Local Government) (Housing) 2:30, 3 Mawrth 2009

I am always willing to look at anything that is considered a disincentive, but I remind the hon. Lady that, as a result of the September package, we made money available to housing associations to buy up new-build empty properties on which they do not need to do any maintenance. Those properties are ready to be occupied now, and associations have now bought almost 6,000 homes to sell or rent.