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In the
recent Budget Debate,
emphasized the need to
several Members
who
take account
account of the
spoke on housing rising demand for home purchase, and this is one of the main
aspects considered in the paper tabled today. The other is the adequacy of the existing public rental housing estates.
5.
A programme for the replacement of the old non-self-contained blocks is already underway and will provide new homes for 125,000 families. The new strategy extends this re-development programme to the other Group B estates. Flats in these estates are overcrowded and under current standards, big enough only for one-and-two-person households. The blocks are ageing and becoming progressively more expensive to maintain. The estates are densely-populated and clustered in areas with insufficient support facilities. By the 1990s, they will be
socially unacceptable compared with newer estates. In accepting
this, the Government accepts a commitment to re-house 135,000
families more than under its present policy.
6.
The review looks at the period up to 2001 and
identifies the needs for 1,085,000 new flats during this
period. This is the demand in all sectors - public rental, private housing and assisted home purchase through schemes such as Home Ownership and Private Sector Participation Schemes. To
meet this demand means maintaining overall housing production at
This its present high level of more than 70,000 flats a year.
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