DECENT HOMES FUNDING

That this House is deeply concerned that funding has been redirected from the Decent Homes Programme to pay for new build homes; notes that this means that any Arms Length Management Organisation (ALMO) that has not yet received its 2* rating will no longer receive all the funding they were promised, and that therefore several ALMOs will not not be able to bring tenants' homes greatly in need of renovation up to a decent standard; further notes that tenants who supported the creation of an ALMO will now feel badly let down; believes that the Decent Homes Programme is highly efficient and is sustaining local construction jobs, some of which may now be lost; and calls on the Government to restore Decent Homes funding to its planned levels for both 2009-10 and 2010-11.