Sentences with phrase «housing association tenants»

The manifesto features an extension of the right - to - buy scheme for housing association tenants in England.

A Conservative government would extend the right - to - buy scheme for housing association tenants in England, David Cameron will say, when he unveils the party's manifesto.

The PMQs exchange came as MPs found that Tory plans to give housing association tenants in England the right to buy their homes could reduce the stock of affordable housing.

In 2006, Thornberry introduced the Housing Association Bill — a Private Member's Bill which sought to improve the control of housing association tenants over their landlords.

Labour's Harriet Harman attacked proposals to give housing association tenants the right to buy their homes as «uncosted, unfunded and unworkable»

Scottish MPs and Welsh MPs will be barred from joining their English colleagues in votes on measures, which include the right - to - buy for housing association tenants.

- Local authority and housing association tenants in England who earn more than # 30,000 - or # 40,000 in London — will have to pay up to the market rent

In October that year, with many believing that the Government planned to end the Right to Buy, the Conservatives promised to retain it, and extend it in full to Housing Association tenants.

The party's manifesto includes a number of totemic policies: an extension of the right - to - buy scheme for housing association tenants, increasing the inheritance tax threshold for family homes to # 1m, and the promise of a referendum on EU membership by 2017.

Another Conservative commitment, to extend the right - to - buy to housing association tenants, has fallen flat.

The main proposal put forward was to extend the Right to Buy (RTB) scheme to housing association tenants.

As such, the arrangements grew to be highly complex, and were consolidated for council tenants in 1972 under the National Rent Rebate Scheme, and for private and housing association tenants in 1973 under the parallel Rent Allowance Scheme.

He has promised that, under his leadership, the Lib Dems would campaign against government proposals to extend the right to buy to housing association tenants, something he has predicted Labour will not be brave enough to oppose.

It criticised the flagship Conservative policy of extending the right - to - buy scheme to housing association tenants.

Things are even trickier with housing where Tory policies such as «pay to stay», Right to Buy for housing association tenants, and forced sales of high value council homes, have all made things worse while claiming to make things better.

2.30 pm: Lord Kerslake, the former head of the civil sevice, gives evidence to the public accounts committee about extending right to buy to housing association tenants.

David Cameron launched the Conservative manifesto on Tuesday with a new right to buy scheme, helping up to 1.3 million housing association tenants in England buy their homes at a big discount.

Home Secretary Theresa May told the BBC that the policy was about extending the idea to housing association tenants.

Home Secretary Theresa May told the BBC that the policy is about extending the idea to housing association tenants.

Chancellor George Osborne looks set to cut the amount of social housing cash available to council and housing association tenants, according to reports.

A mortgage arranged in connection with the «right to buy your home» legislation for council or housing association tenants.

It extends the right to buy scheme to housing association tenants, enabling them to buy their homes at a discounted rate.

In addition to local authority tenants we act for housing association tenants, leaseholders, private tenants and the homeless to resolve housing issues.