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WEDNESDAY, JULY 8, 1987
STRATEGY HAD THREE HE NOTED THAT THE LONG TERM HOUSING
MAIN DEALT WITH THE BALANCE STRANDS, AND THE MOST IMPORTANT ONE, WHICH
HOME OWNERSHIP BETWEEN
AND PUBLIC RENTAL HOUSING HAD PERHAPS ATTRACTED LEAST ATTENTION IN PUBLIC DEBATE.
HE SAID RECENT HOME OWNERSHIP SCHEME SALES HAD SHOWN
DESIRABLE NOT DEMAND FOR HOME OWNERSHIP AND IT WAS CLEARLY PLAN TO SATISFY THIS DEMAND BUT TO GIVE DUE PRIORITY TO THE OF PUBLIC RENTAL HOUSING.
A STRONG ONLY TO PROVISION
CONSIDERABLE NUMBER OF PROSPECTIVE
SCHEME FLATS BUT THE PRESENT POLICY WAS
MR FORD SAID THERE WAS A PUBLIC RENTAL TENANTS WHO PREFERRED HOME OWNERSHIP THEIR CHANCES OF OBTAINING SUCH FLATS UNDER VERY SMALL AND MOST HAD TO MOVE INTO PUBLIC RENTAL HOUSING.
GAUGE
THE
TO HOUSING
"UNDER THE NEW STRATEGY, IT IS INTENDED TO
THEY ARE PREFERENCE OF PROSPECTIVE TENANTS BEFORE
REHOUSED AND PROVIDE THE RIGHT BALANCE OF HOME OWNERSHIP AND PUBLIC RENTAL UNITS TO MATCH THEIR DEMAND.
THEREFORE "PROSPECTIVE TENANTS OF RENTED HOUSING WILL
NOT BE
EXERCISES AND COMPETING IN BALLOTING
THE CHANCES OF SUCCESS IN BALLOTING BY OTHER APPLICANTS WHO WISH TO BUY THEIR OWN HOMES WILL IMPROVED."
BE
SEEN
CRITICS OF THE STRATEGY HAD HE POINTED OUT THAT SOME THESE PROPOSALS AS SHIFTING THE BASIS OF THE PUBLIC HOUSING PROGRAMME NEEDS OF THE FROM RENTAL TO PURCHASE." THEY ARE CONCERNED THAT THE
BE LOWER INCOME GROUPS WHO CANNOT AFFORD TO BUY WILL
NEGLECTED. THESE CRITICS HAVE FAILED TO GRASP THE ESSENTIAL PRINCIPLE OF THE STRATEGY WHICH IS TO MAKE HOUSING PROVISION DEMAND LED."
PURCHASE
PROJECTIONS
BUT
NEW
AN
SHOWED HE ADDED THAT PRESENT INDICATIONS AND INCREASING DEMAND FOR HOME
BUT IF THIS TREND SHOULD BE
BE READILY
CHANGED то REVERSED, THE BALANCE OF THE PROGRAMME COULD MEET AN INCREASED PROPORTION OF RENTAL DEMAND.
STRATEGY,
BEING
THIS FLEXIBILITY, WHICH WAS INHERENT IN A DEMAND LED SHOULD ALSO ALLAY THE FEARS OF THOSE WHO SAW THE PROJECTIONS AS TOO OPTIMISTIC OR OVER-EMPHASISING PEOPLE'S PURCHASE. HE SAID.
ABILITY
TO AFFORD HOME
"THE SECOND AIM OF THE STRATEGY IS TO INCREASE THE FOR ASSISTED HOME PURCHASE THROUGH THE INTRODUCTION PURCHASE LOAN SCHEME TO SUPPLEMENT
HOME OWNERSHIP PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION SCHEMES.
THE
OPPORTUNITY HOME OF A SCHEME AND
"'UNDER THESE SCHEMES THE CHOICE OF LOCATION, SIZE AND LAYOUT OF FLATS IS LIMITED AND THESE SCHEMES DO NOT MAKE FULL USE OF THE FINANCIAL AND LAND RESOURCES AVAILABLE AND OF THE EXPERTISE OF THE PRIVATE SECTOR.
"THE HOME
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