Written Question
Monday 9th September 2019
Asked by:
Faisal Rashid (Labour - Warrington South)
Question
to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will commit to building 100,000 homes for social rent per year.
Answered by Esther McVey
We are committed to increasing the supply of social housing to further support struggling families and those at risk of homelessness. We have invested over £9 billion into our Affordable Homes Programme to deliver approximately 250,000 affordable homes by 2022, including at least 12,500 for social rent in areas of acute affordability pressure.
We have increased the size of the Affordable Homes Programme, re-introduced social rent, removed the Housing Revenue Account (HRA) borrowing cap for local authorities, and have set out a long-term rent deal for councils and housing associations in England from 2020. Housing associations and local authorities now need to accelerate delivery and build more affordable homes.
Since 2010, we have delivered over 430,000 new affordable homes, including over 308,000 affordable homes for rent.
On 18 September we announced an additional £2 billion of long-term funding certainty for housing associations. This extra funding will deliver more affordable homes and stimulate the sector’s wider building ambitions, through strategic partnerships.
We do not publish yearly targets but, deliver flexibly throughout the years of the programme to achieve our overall target and hold Homes England and the Greater London Authority (GLA) to account for delivery.
We will continue to provide opportunities for more people to afford home ownership and seek to build on the progress that has been made on building new social homes.
Written Question
Thursday 27th June 2019
Asked by:
Faisal Rashid (Labour - Warrington South)
Question
to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will bring forward plans to draft the parking code of practice.
Answered by Rishi Sunak
The Government is committed to delivering the Code of Practice as soon as possible. We are currently considering the format for formal stakeholder engagement and will make an announcement in due course. We are also committed to carrying out a full public consultation on the draft Code of Practice, allowing all interested parties to directly respond to the proposals.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 17 Jun 2019
Oral Answers to Questions
"3. What recent assessment he has made of the effect of changes in the level of Government funding for local authorities on the adequacy of the services that they provide. ..."Faisal Rashid - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 17 Jun 2019
Oral Answers to Questions
"We know only too well by now that central Government underfunding of local authorities has devastated many of our constituents through cuts to many essential services. Perhaps the most dismal funding failure of all from this Government has been on housing, with the building of social housing at its lowest …..."Faisal Rashid - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 24 Apr 2019
Local Government and Social Care Funding
"As we have heard in the accounts given by many of my hon. Friends today, for many communities in this country local government funding is a matter of life and death—a matter of keeping vital services open and making sure that the most vulnerable people in our society are given …..."Faisal Rashid - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 08 Apr 2019
Oral Answers to Questions
"4. What recent assessment he has made of trends in the level of new homes for social rent since 2010. ..."Faisal Rashid - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 08 Apr 2019
Oral Answers to Questions
"Between 2016 and 2017 a total of 138 two- bedroom properties were let in my Warrington South constituency through the social rent scheme, and about 1,100 families bid for them. What is the Minister doing to meet those unsustainable levels of demand in my constituency?..."Faisal Rashid - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 27 Mar 2019
Local Government Funding
"Local councils provide vital services to our constituents, whether on fly-tipping, homelessness, adult social care or children’s services. Any funding cut is a direct attack on our constituents. Does my hon. Friend agree?..."Faisal Rashid - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 27 Mar 2019
Local Government Funding
"While the Prime Minister was announcing the end of austerity last October, more than 5,000 councillors signed the “Breaking Point” petition to call on the Government to cancel their planned cuts for the new year and immediately to invest £2 billion in children and adult services. Does—..."Faisal Rashid - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 27 Mar 2019
Local Government Funding
"I will be brief this time, Mrs Main. Because of funding cuts, councils across the country are being forced to sell their assets in order to fund the revenue budget. Does my hon. Friend agree that that is not the way to fund services?..."Faisal Rashid - View Speech
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