00:00We are here today in Tinsley where we're officially opening a new community.
00:0693 new affordable homes that have been brought forward by Together Housing,
00:10a housing association who've worked to build this new neighbourhood.
00:15Across the city we know that we need more affordable homes and as a city council we're
00:21working hard to increase the supply of affordable homes and so it's terrific to see 93 new two,
00:27three and four bed homes and these homes will change people's lives for the better.
00:32We've all seen the stories over the last few years people are living with this day to day
00:37about how expensive housing has become and so having access to an affordable home means that
00:44people are not priced out of the market, they're able to put down roots, they're able to give their
00:49children a really good strong place to grow up and we know that when people have got good
00:57warm homes it just gives them certainty in other aspects of their life.
01:02What's stopping landlords for example from snapping up affordable homes like these and
01:06then charging rents on them? How do we make sure these are available for people that need an
01:11affordable home? Well the government has announced that they are looking hard right now at the right
01:16to buy discounts. These homes are housing associations so the right to buy rules are
01:20different but we know that it's been a problem in recent decades that the right to buy rules mean
01:27that affordable and social housing has been bought up in the way that you're talking about and has
01:34then become unaffordable homes. Having had meetings with the new housing minister I know and I'm
01:40reassured that this is something that they are looking at to make sure that when we're talking
01:46about planning more affordable homes in the future it's not the equivalent of trying to run a bath
01:51with a plug pulled out. We want to put the plug back in to make sure that we're not losing homes
01:58that are affordable. I think there's a reality that we and it's something I talk about an awful
02:05lot. There's 146,000 kids in temporary accommodation, bed and breakfast, hostels, some of it good
02:13some of it not and that's instability that is ultimately a reflection of
02:20I wouldn't say failure but it's a reflection of where we need to make improvements
02:26and I think you know the Chancellor, the Deputy Prime Minister have talked about a number of
02:31things. Growth, the Chancellor's talked about growth. You can't achieve that without stability, without
02:36creating a stable environment and affordable homes is not just for the individuals that
02:43experience it but it's also for the wider community and society.
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