Housing (Basildon)

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asked the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) how many housing units the Basildon Development Corporation and New Town Commission have built since the town's inception and in each of the last five years;(2) how many shared ownership housing units the Basildon Development Corporation and New Town Commission have built since the town's inception and in each of the last five years;(3) how many houses the Basildon Development Corporation and New Town Commission have built since the town's inception; how many of those have been to purchase; and how many to rent.

Since designation of Basildon new town in 1949, and in each of the last five years, Basildon Development Corporation and the Commission for the New Towns have built the following housing units at Basildon:

(a) Housing for rent
	Number
Total since 1949	24,553
1982–83	144
1983–84	58
1984–85	37
1985–86	Nil
1986–87	Nil

(b) Housing for shared ownership
	Number
Total since 1949	1,045
1982–83	237
1983–84	274
1984–85	153
1985–86	236
1986–87	64

(c) Housing for purchase
	Number
Total since 1949	4,564
1982–83	467
1983–84	352
1984–85	167
1985–86	248
1986–87	251

Notes:

1. Of the 24,553 dwellings built initially for rent. 10,085 have so far been sold to tenants.

2. The 1,045 shared ownership dwellings and the great majority of the 4,564 dwellings for purchase have been built by private developers in partnership with the new town corporation.

3. 1986–87 figures are taken to 31 December 1986.

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many sheltered housing units the Basildon Development Corporation and New Town Commission have built since the town's inception and in each of the last five years.

The total number of sheltered housing units built by Basildon Development Corporation and the Commission for the New Towns in Basildon is 748. In each of the last five years, the figures are:

	Number
1982–83	82
1983–84	27
1984–85	65
1985–86	71
1986–87	30

Notes:

1. The figures include sheltered dwellings built for sale by private developers in partnership with the new town corporation.

2. The 1986–87 figures are taken to 31 December 1986.

Volume 109: debated on Tuesday 27 January 1987