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

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what progress his Department is making on the implementation of (a) the recommendations of the Elphicke House Report, published in January 2015 and (b) a Housing Finance Institute, as announced on 16 March 2015.

The Government welcomed the Elphicke House review report and subsequently confirmed our support for the Housing Finance Institute (HFI) at Budget 2015. That organisation is now established. Details of the HFI work can be found on their website at http://thehfi.com/