Extract from Westminster Hall debate on Housing Supply - July 13

Friday, 14 July 2017 07:51

Tony Lloyd (Rochdale) (Lab):...When we still have the concept that a £450,000 property is affordable, we are living in the realms of fantasy. The traditional lending ratio that Building Societies offer is 4.5:1. By definition that means that someone needs a family income of £100,000 for that affordable property. Most of us would not regard that as being the income of the people we want to target affordable housing towards... To read the whole debate, CLICK HERE...Request free trial