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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to ensure people living in social housing receive sufficient decoration allowance following home repairs carried out by a local authority.

All registered providers of social housing are obliged by law to maintain the structure and exterior of their properties, and to keep in repair and proper working order sanitation, water, gas, and electricity installations.

Where decoration allowances are inadequate to repair damage to homes, tenants can make a complaint to their landlord. If tenants are unhappy with the way in which their landlord has dealt with their complaint they can escalate matters to the Housing Ombudsman.