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Although the subsequent Government began a programme of funding housing associations to develop housing for rent, it never put in the necessary resources.
Members will see from our progress report that we believe that we must focus on that.The crucial point is that the group believes that we should retain a large measure of flexibility in any language policy. The policy has heretofore been applied quite flexibly, and the requirement to do so will remain.
We do not want to prescribe the circumstances in which a report might be late. We just want to give some flexibility if, for example, something went wrong at the printer's.
Local authority housing could not compete with housing associations that have had far more funding over the years. The previous Government starved local authorities of funds and gave housing associations millions of pounds to develop new build and maintain the existing stock.
Money will undoubtedly be a consideration, despite recent assurances from the Crown Agent about the adequacy of funding, during an evidence-taking session on the budget.