Recommendation 20

The government is right to prioritise social rent as the main form of truly affordable housing, but this should not lead to it entirely neglecting intermediate housing such as Rent to Buy and Discount Market Sales, which are intended to benefit those who do not need social rent homes but still cannot afford homes on the open market. Intermediate housing, especially as delivered by Small and Medium-sized Enterprises, can also contribute significantly to the increase in supply of housing in general and home ownership specifically, and for relatively little investment from the government. (Conclusion, Paragraph 93)