Chloe Smith, MP for North Norwich. Photo: Bill Smith
Housing guidelines help couples looking to adopt, says Norwich MP
Wednesday, October 31, 2012
2:32 PM
A Norwich MP has praised new housing guidelines after she was able to help a young couple looking to adopt.
The couple were in a catch-22 situation of not being able to apply for a larger house until they had adopted, but not being able to adopt because their current house is too small to accommodate the child.
Using housing allocation guidance which encourages authorities to work together, North Norwich MP Chloe Smith wrote to the housing authority, and the couple are now able to apply for suitable properties to progress their adoption application.
She said: “Adoption is a caring and altruistic choice to make and the government is showing its support by bringing in changes to speed up adoption in England and make the social housing system more flexible and responsive.”
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2 comments
Of course not. Its another local MP photo op story bigging-up themselves on the back of other people's efforts or something that was happening regardless. It is a pattern nowadays, they latch onto every good news story in their patch with some soundbites and 'stating the obvious' comments as if to suggest its all down to them. Self-publicising ad nauseum. Shame on the EDP for giving them so many column inches. Easy journalism I suppose.
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Police Commissioner ???
Thursday, November 1, 2012
How much of the final result was achieved by the people on the ground doing the day to day work? The County and District Councillors that don't get a mention?
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Andy T
Thursday, November 1, 2012