0 houses and flats that are owned by local government or by other organizations that do not make a profit, and that are rented to people who have low incomes:
1 homes provided by the government for people with low incomes to rent cheaply:
The building of new social housing is now mainly the responsibility of housing associations, with local authorities assuming an enabling role.
What have been the consequences of regeneration for job creation for local people and for social housing provision?
The Chancellor announced a 50 percent increase in social housing for nurses, teachers and people on low incomes.
At that time tenants in social housing were given the right to buy their homes.
Fortunately, as we saw above, social housing policies might provide the answer for these groups.
More particularly, cheap housing for older people can be accomplished by different means, such as widespread home-ownership or the provision of affordable social housing.
For example, only six to seven per cent of the population live in social housing and owner-occupation is high.
From paternalism to dialogue : an analysis of the changing relationships between social housing providers and older tenants.
