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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/minister-outlines-housing-reforms.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="Grant Shapps said new council tenants in England will not necessarily keep their homes for life" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/min-minister-outlines-housing-reforms.jpg" alt="Grant Shapps said new council tenants in England will not necessarily keep their homes for life"/></a></p>
<p>New council and social housing tenants in England will not necessarily keep their homes for life, housing minister Grant Shapps has said.</p>
<p>He said normal tenancy agreements would be for five, 10, 20 years or even a lifetime, but local organisations should have the freedom to see what worked in their areas.</p>
<p>He is expected to outline the details of his proposals to MPs.</p>
<p>Mr Shapps stressed that his proposals would not affect existing tenants. He told BBC Radio 4&#8217;s Today programme: &#8220;We need to start to resolve some of the problems, build more homes and actually help people.</p>
<p>&#8220;What we are creating is a new form of tenancy and affordable rent which is going to be significantly more protected than the private rented sector. There&#8217;s no reason why a home in future should always be the home for life. You don&#8217;t get that in the private sector.&#8221;</p>
<p>He went on: &#8220;The norm is very likely to be quite a significant-length tenancy, five, 10, 20 years or a lifetime.&#8221; The most vulnerable will be protected under the reforms, he said.</p>
<p>Mr Shapps spoke of the need for reform of the system to help an estimated five million people on the waiting list for social housing.</p>
<p>&#8220;The need for reform is just overwhelming, there has been a sort of&#8230; a lazy consensus in this country which has led to fewer affordable homes being created,&#8221; he told BBC Breakfast.</p>
<p>&#8220;A system where the waiting lists have just doubled over the last 13 years and people are just sitting back and saying &#8216;well, let&#8217;s have more of the same&#8217;. If we do, we will have waiting lists double again.&#8221;</p>
<p>Prime Minister David Cameron has already said he wants an end to council tenancies for life and the introduction of fixed-term contracts of &#8220;five or 10 years&#8221;.</p>
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