{"value":{"id":638233,"memberId":4282,"member":null,"memberRole":"Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government","uin":"HLWS267","dateMade":"2016-11-17T00:00:00","answeringBodyId":7,"answeringBodyName":"Department for Communities and Local Government","title":"Housing Policy","text":"<p>Today, My Hon Friend the Minister of state for Housing &amp; Planning &amp; Minister for London made the following Written Ministerial Statement.</p><p>This week it was announced that almost 190,000 new homes were delivered in 2015-16, with over 30,000 of these as a direct result of ‘change of use’. This is welcome progress but we know that there is more to do. That is why we are working on a Housing White Paper that will include measures to ensure more land is available in the right places, incentivise and speed up development, encourage a more diverse housing market and deliver support for ordinary working class people.</p><p> </p><p>Government is absolutely committed to building more homes and will be making further announcements in due course.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>","house":"Lords","noticeNumber":0,"hasAttachments":false,"hasLinkedStatements":true,"linkedStatements":[{"linkedStatementId":638231,"linkType":"JointStatement","linkDate":"2016-11-17T00:00:00"}],"attachments":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Statements/638233","method":"GET"}]}