P133 CEJFAX 133 Thu 7 Oct 21:28/27 -|l4|l4|, 1/5 TORY CONFERENCE HOUSING WBITJNG LISTS SHAKE-UP Unmarried mothers will lose their automatic right to council housing under plans to reform housing laws. Sir George Young announced at the Tory conference that the Government wanted to cut the "short cuts" to low rent council accommodation. "How do we explain to a young couple, who want to wait for a home before they start a family, that they cannot bj rehoused ahead of an unmarried teenager expecting her first, probably unplanned, child?" Home 11p Flash 159 Diary 180 Politics 130 World 160 Dispatch 190 Next News Paul'mint Main News Top SportP133 CJEFAX 133 Thu 7 Oct 21:14/48 2/5 TORY I CONFERENCE TORJJS COMMITTED TO HOUSING - YOUNG The housing minister has repeated the Government's commitment to "decent housing for every family". Sir George Young said more families were better housed than over before "+e've won the battle of ideas. But we're not complacent. There is so much more to bj done," hj said. And hj said hj was taking steps to ensure that housing associations regenerated run-down areas and promoted home ownership. Home 118 Flash 150 Diary 0 180 Politics 130 World 160 Dispatch 190 Next News Paul'mint Main News Top SpoutP133 CEEFAX 133 Thu 7 Oct 21:14/10 3/5 TORY CONFERENCE PROVISION OF DECENT HOUSING URGED Consjrvativj representatives have heard a call for a coherent and positive housing policy. Opening a debate on housing, Dr Frank Riddell (Stirling) said too many housing estates consisted of half-abandoned council flats. Angela Emmett (London) condemned the housing associations that were ignoring local needs and building on inconvenient greenfield sites. They must be redirected back to "the people in need in our towns, (5 cities and rural communities". Next News Paul'mint Main News Top SportP133 CJJFAX 133 Thu 7 Oct 21:14/23 4/5 TORY CONFERENCE MORE TENANT MANAGEMENT CALLED FOR Consjrvativj councils are winning the "battle of ideas in housing management", Tories have been told. John Harthman (Sheffield) urged the introduction of more tenant management and tenant participation "It is impossible for one organisation to respond to all the individual needs of tenants." And hj highlighted the Government'1 "right to buy" policy and flat co- ownership schemes where tenants are able to jointly buy the freehold of their propjrtiis. Next News Paul'mint Main News Top SpoutP133 CEEFAX 133 Thu 7 Oct 21:12/24 5/5 TORY CONFERENCE "ABOLISH MORTGAGE TAX RELIEF" CALL One of the most important triumphs in housing over the last 14 years has been the continued sale of council houses, Tories have heard. And Cllr Keith Mitchell, from North Oxfordshire, stressed that the Conservative's housing policy was "about putting people first". Mark Tjnnant (Highlands and IslandsR said abolishing MIRAS would help the private rented sector compete on equal terms. "Wj cannot have a level playing field with it still in existence." (upppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppz Next News Paul'mint Main News Top Spout