It has been announced that crossbench peer Lord Best would chair a new task force onsocial mobility and housing. The task force will consist of MPs from across the main parties, and will meet for the next six months before producing a short report.
Lord Best said:
“The question is to what extent is housing to blame for problems in society, or can
housing be the real solution. My invitation to the parliamentarians who are
here tonight is please join me, so we can look at the issue of social mobility
in housing.”
This comes after House Minister Grant Shapps announced last week a new initiative – ‘home swap direct’ scheme – to improve the mobility of social housing tenants.