Member

On Amendment 23, also tabled by the noble Baroness, Lady Coffey, my understanding of the purpose of her amendment is to seek to bring shared ownership within the scope of right to buy by removing the reference in Clause 7 to “low-cost home ownership accommodation”. The lines which the amendment proposes to remove are included only to define social housing in relation to the newly built social homes that will be covered by the 35-year exemption, which is defined as