Housing associations house the poor
Language: English Series: Economist ; vol 312 no 7613 29/7/89 p32Publication details: 1989Subject(s): Summary: Government policy is to transfer responsibility for housing the less well-off from local councils to housing associations . In spite of fears that the associations` priority to house the poor would be unavoidably lost through high rents, figures from the Housing Corporation show that over 70% of new lettings were to households with incomes of less than £100 a week.| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Barcode | |
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Government policy is to transfer responsibility for housing the less well-off from local councils to housing associations . In spite of fears that the associations` priority to house the poor would be unavoidably lost through high rents, figures from the Housing Corporation show that over 70% of new lettings were to households with incomes of less than £100 a week.