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Bill ‘drives another nail into coffin of affordable homes’
THE Tories’ housing Bill was unveiled yesterday, with politicians and campaigners warning that it would worsen the crisis of affordable housing.
Publication of the Housing and Planning Bill confirmed that ministers plan to introduce a “pay-to-stay” scheme.
Such a scheme would force families living in social housing and earning a total of £30,000 — £40,000 in London — to pay rents nearly as high as those in the private sector.
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