Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps the Government is taking to reduce the waiting times for social housing for (a) large families and (b) homeless one-person households.

Since 2010, more than 598,900 affordable homes have been delivered, including 157,200 for social rent. We are committed to make funding available to build affordable homes.

In 2012 we abolished open waiting lists and gave local authorities the power to manage their own waiting lists. Since then, waiting lists have decreased by 36%. This is because local authorities are best placed to develop solutions which make best use of local social homes.

The Homelessness Reduction Act places duties on local authorities to try to prevent and relieve a person's homelessness, they are also required to give homeless people priority for social housing.