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HOUSING

Lifetime tenancies: It's time councils used powers

Paul Marinko argues the ever-worsening housing situation means councils need to maximise the benefit from their existing stock, and it's time for the sector to review its approach to lifetime tenancies.

Lifetime tenancies: It's time councils used powers

Few would argue that public money should not be spent as efficiently as possible. Indeed, local government rightly prides itself on performing well on this front. But sometimes it lets itself down.

With plenty of councils evidencing the ever-worsening housing situation they face, there can be no justification for failing to maximise the benefit from their existing stock.

Paul Marinko

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