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 report of the Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee entitled Exempt Accommodation published 27 October 2022, what steps his Department is taking to improve the quality of exempt accommodation.

The Government believes that it is unacceptable that unscrupulous landlords are profiting at the expense of vulnerable people in supported housing. We remain committed to addressing this issue - on Friday Government announced its support for Bob Blackman’s Private Members Bill to regulate supported housing.I will be working closely with Bob Blackman MP on his Private Members' Bill to deliver tough new laws to end unscrupulous practices.

We welcome the publication of the Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee's report on the issue of poor-quality supported housing and we will carefully consider its findings and respond in due course.