The Chartered Institute of Housing’s concerns that housing associations will replace sold-off social housing with new builds available on forms of tenure that are more lucrative for them and more expensive for potential residents (Report, 17 August) is borne out by developments that are already happening.
Family Mosaic redeveloped the Queen Elizabeth Children’s Hospital in Hackney Road, London. 116 of the flats were for private sale, 24 for shared ownership and only 48 for what is called “affordable” rent. This trend away from the original purpose of philanthropic housing associations to conventional residential property development is seen across the whole sector, and has been accelerated by the reduction in rents paid by social housing tenants enforced by the Welfare Reform Act.
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