Asked by: Ayoub Khan (Independent - Birmingham Perry Barr)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will review the Right to Buy policy for social housing.
Answered by Matthew Pennycook - Minister of State (Housing, Communities and Local Government)
The Government believe it is right that those social tenants who have lived in their homes for many years retain the right to purchase their property at a reasonable discount. As such, we will not be ending the Right to Buy scheme.
We are, however, committed to better protecting our existing stock of social rented homes and are currently reviewing the increased right to buy discounts introduced in 2012. We will bring forward secondary legislation to implement changes in the autumn.
We also intend to review Right to Buy more widely, including looking at eligibility criteria and protections for newly-built social housing. A consultation of these wider changes will be brought forward in the autumn.
Asked by: Ayoub Khan (Independent - Birmingham Perry Barr)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on levels of local housing allowance.
Answered by Rushanara Ali
Ministers and officials in the department have regular conversations with counterparts in the DWP on a range of issues.
The Local Housing Allowance (LHA) was restored to the 30th percentile of local market rents from April 2024 for one year.
Any future decisions on LHA will be taken in the context of the Government’s housing priorities and the fiscal situation.