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Written Question
Freehold
Tuesday 28th February 2023

Asked by: Mohammad Yasin (Labour - Bedford)

Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the letter of 13 February 2023 from the Minister of State for Housing and Planning to the hon. Member for Bedford, reference 24093761, when he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to give freeholders on private and mixed tenure estates (a) equivalent rights to leaseholders to challenge the reasonableness of estate rentcharges and (b) a right to apply to the first-tier tribunal to appoint a new manager to manage the provision of services covered by estate rentcharges.

Answered by Baroness Maclean of Redditch

Announcements will be made in the usual way.

Written Question
Right to Buy Scheme: Housing Associations
Monday 21st November 2022

Asked by: Mohammad Yasin (Labour - Bedford)

Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what his planned timetable is for extending the right to buy to housing association tenants.

Answered by Lucy Frazer

The Government is considering the next steps on the proposed extension of the Right to Buy to housing association tenants. We will work closely with the housing association sector on the approach to a new scheme and will announce more details in due course.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 17 Oct 2022
Oral Answers to Questions

"1. What steps he is taking to enhance private renter security in the context of the cost of living crisis. ..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 17 Oct 2022
Oral Answers to Questions

"The Prime Minister has U-turned on scrapping unfair section 21 no-fault evictions, but the freeze on housing benefit rates still stands. Millions are struggling to afford rent or are worried about being evicted during a cost of living crisis. They deserve much better than the chaos in Government. Will the …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 27 Jun 2022
Oral Answers to Questions

"Since the Tories came into power, 800,000 fewer households aged under 45 own their homes, nearly 1 million more people now rent—often at a cost higher than a mortgage—and the number of truly affordable homes and new social rented homes being built has fallen by over 80%. Is the Secretary …..."
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Written Question
First Time Buyers
Monday 27th June 2022

Asked by: Mohammad Yasin (Labour - Bedford)

Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to support first-time buyers onto the housing ladder.

Answered by Lord Gove

The Government is committed to supporting first time buyers into home ownership.

On 9th June the Prime Minister announced new measures including a review looking into reforming the mortgage market, removing disincentives to home ownership in the welfare system; and working to extend the right to buy to housing association tenants.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 16 May 2022
Oral Answers to Questions

"10. What steps he is taking to help reduce financial pressures on local authority budgets. ..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 16 May 2022
Oral Answers to Questions

"As a result of the Government’s actions—they cut Bedford Borough Council’s revenue support grant from over £30 million in 2015 to just £6.1 million in 2022-23—local authorities have been forced to raise council tax precepts to meet vital costs. The adult social care burden is ever increasing, and cannot be …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 02 Feb 2022
Levelling Up

"The Tories have been in power for 12 years, so does the Secretary of State agree that these vague plans to raise school standards in a third of local authority areas, including Bedford borough, is an admission of unforgivable failure and that any promised investment will never make up for …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 18 Jan 2022
Levelling Up: East of England

"It is a privilege to serve under your chairmanship, Ms McVey. I congratulate the hon. Member for Waveney (Peter Aldous) on securing this important debate.

The East of England Local Government Association has found that the region has been disadvantaged from the outset of the Government’s levelling-up programme, and it …..."
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