according to the newly appointed Housing Minister, Sean Power.
The Deputy won a three-way contest to succeed Housing Minister Terry Le Main in the States yesterday, beating Chief Minister Terry Le Sueur’s nominee Deputy Jackie Hilton in a run-off vote by 28 votes to 20.
Senator Alan Breckon had earlier dropped out of the running after securing just 14 votes on the first ballot.
Deputy Power says that in the 18 months remaining until the end of his term as minister he plans to:
• Give the Housing department financial independence.
• Stop the sell-off of social housing to fund maintenance.
• Regain control of the Population Office from the Chief Minister’s department.
• See Wednesday’s JEP for full story.
