Shapps: Putting tenants in the driving seat
Housing minister Grant Shapps comments on social housing plans:
“Social housing should provide more than a roof over people’s heads – it should lift them out of poverty, and free them to take chances to improve the quality of their own lives.
“Instead, many tenants are left trapped in their own homes, while councils and housing associations turn their attention to record waiting lists.
“This cannot continue – as we work to tackle the record budget deficit we must ensure vulnerable people benefit from, but don’t become trapped by, the safety net that social housing provides.
“That’s why I’m putting tenants in the driving seat, with a new opportunity to see people like them looking to exchange social homes not just in their area but across the country, through a new National Home Swap Scheme.”
