Mr. Ned Brennan:

If the Government wants the voluntary sector to provide housing, the payment and availability agreement must be tweaked to make it possible to borrow money on the private markets to deliver housing for vulnerable families and people in need of housing. The differential rent system must be examined because there are such anomalies across the country arising from differential rent. There is no doubt there is a need for social housing. We have looked at houses in Deputy Stanley's constituency on partially built estates. The problem is many of the houses are of absolutely appalling quality and are not suitable for development as social housing. They are only fit to be knocked. That is an additional cost the leasing arrangement cannot bear.