Information between 26th March 2024 - 15th April 2024
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Parliamentary Debates |
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People Granted Asylum: Government Support
13 speeches (4,379 words) Tuesday 26th March 2024 - Westminster Hall Mentions: 1: Tim Farron (LD - Westmorland and Lonsdale) What are the Government doing to improve access to the private rented sector for refugees? - Link to Speech |
Select Committee Documents |
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Thursday 28th March 2024
Report - Fifth Report - Shared Ownership Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee Found: rented sector.59 65. |
Written Answers |
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Private Rented Housing: Rents
Asked by: Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (Labour - Slough) Monday 15th April 2024 Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities: To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he is taking steps to help tackle increases in average monthly rent for private tenants. Answered by Jacob Young - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities) The Government recognises the cost of living pressures that tenants are facing, and that paying rent is likely to be a tenant’s biggest monthly expense. The level of private sector rents is not directly a matter for Government, however, we are taking steps to increase housebuilding to help create a more sustainable and affordable housing market over the long term. The Government is on track to meet its manifesto commitment to deliver a million homes over this Parliament. The Government also welcomes new institutional investment in the private rented sector. The Build to Rent sector has built over 100,000 new homes over the past 13 years and they continue to play a part in increasing the supply of homes in the private rented sector. |
Housing: Prices and Standards
Asked by: Lord Taylor of Warwick (Non-affiliated - Life peer) Thursday 11th April 2024 Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities: To ask His Majesty's Government, following recent findings by the Resolution Foundation regarding the affordability and quality of housing, what steps they are taking to (1) address, and (2) mitigate, those challenges. Answered by Baroness Scott of Bybrook - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities) Full details of the Government’s long-term plan for housing are available on gov.uk. This includes measures to increase the overall supply and availability of safe, warm and affordable homes. Boosting housing supply is key to affordability: we are on track to deliver our commitment to build one million homes this Parliament, are investing significant funding in affordable housing programmes through the £11.5 billion Affordable Homes Programme and £6 billion Affordable Homes Guarantee Scheme, and we have helped over 876,000 households purchase a home since spring 2010 through Government backed schemes. Housing quality is also central to this plan. We have seen a strong decrease in the number of non-decent homes since 2010. This government has introduced the Social Housing (Regulation) Act 2023, including Awaab’s Law, and is applying the Decent Homes Standard to the private rented sector for the first time through the Renters (Reform) Bill, to ensure that all tenants benefit from homes that are safe and decent |
Rented Housing
Asked by: Lord Taylor of Warwick (Non-affiliated - Life peer) Friday 5th April 2024 Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities: To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of regional disparities in rental prices across the UK; and what steps they are taking to address affordability challenges for tenants. Answered by Baroness Swinburne - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities) The ONS publishes a number of regional datasets regarding the cost of private rented sector lettings, such as the monthly (attached) Price Index of Private Rents and an annual (attached) Housing affordability report, and DLUHC publishes its own annual (attached) English Housing Survey.
Individuals who need help to make their rent payments may be eligible for a range of support through the welfare system. From April 2024, the Government will raise Local Housing Allowance rates to the 30th percentile of local market rents. This significant investment of £1.2 billion means 1.6 million low-income households will gain, on average, nearly £800 per year in additional help towards their rental costs in 2024/25. For those who face a shortfall in meeting their housing costs and need more support, Discretionary Housing Payments and Household Support Fund grants are also available from local authorities. |
Housing: Sales
Asked by: Lord Truscott (Non-affiliated - Life peer) Friday 5th April 2024 Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities: To ask His Majesty's Government what analysis they have conducted, if any, of the reasons behind rising numbers of landlords selling their properties. Answered by Baroness Swinburne - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities) The most recent English Private Landlord Survey from 2021 found that almost half of landlords (48%) planned to keep the number of rental properties the same. The English Private Landlord Survey does not include prospective landlords who may be considering entering the market.
The most frequently reported reasons for planning to decrease or sell their properties are set out in detailed analysis (attached) in the English Private Landlord Survey report. The next publication is expected later in 2024.
The most recent English Housing Survey from 2022-23 found that the proportion of households in the private rented sector has doubled since the early 2000s and remained a similar proportion (19%) since 2013-14. For more detailed analysis, please see (attached) the full English Housing Survey report.
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Private Rented Housing: Mortgages
Asked by: Toby Perkins (Labour - Chesterfield) Thursday 28th March 2024 Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities: To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent estimate he has made of (a) the number of private rented sector properties with an outstanding mortgage and (b) the cost per landlord of measures in the Renters' Reform Bill in the (i) short, (ii) medium and (iii) long term. Answered by Jacob Young - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities) The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities is working with the Ministry of Justice, His Majesty’s Courts and Tribunal Service (HMCTS) and the Judiciary to drive improvements to the county court possession process. We will set out more details about our implementation plans in due course. Local authorities are under a duty to record any banning orders against landlords or property agents on the Database; and are responsible for uploading and maintaining records. Guidance for local authorities on the use of the database can be found here. Our latest data from the English Private Landlord Survey shows that in 2021, 57% of landlords had a buy-to-let mortgage. The impact assessment for the Renters (Reform) Bill is available online. The Government publishes quarterly homelessness statistics, including causes of homelessness. This includes a breakdown of the reported reason for homelessness for households who are homeless or threatened with homelessness due to end of an Assured Shorthold Tenancy. The data is available here. Local authorities will have access to the full range of information recorded on the Property Portal. We do not have plans to record Tenants’ information on the Property Portal. |
Private Rented Housing: Homelessness
Asked by: Toby Perkins (Labour - Chesterfield) Thursday 28th March 2024 Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities: To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent assessment he has made of the reasons for private rented sector tenants becoming homeless. Answered by Jacob Young - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities) The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities is working with the Ministry of Justice, His Majesty’s Courts and Tribunal Service (HMCTS) and the Judiciary to drive improvements to the county court possession process. We will set out more details about our implementation plans in due course. Local authorities are under a duty to record any banning orders against landlords or property agents on the Database; and are responsible for uploading and maintaining records. Guidance for local authorities on the use of the database can be found here. Our latest data from the English Private Landlord Survey shows that in 2021, 57% of landlords had a buy-to-let mortgage. The impact assessment for the Renters (Reform) Bill is available online. The Government publishes quarterly homelessness statistics, including causes of homelessness. This includes a breakdown of the reported reason for homelessness for households who are homeless or threatened with homelessness due to end of an Assured Shorthold Tenancy. The data is available here. Local authorities will have access to the full range of information recorded on the Property Portal. We do not have plans to record Tenants’ information on the Property Portal. |
Bill Documents |
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Apr. 15 2024
Notices of Amendments as at 15 April 2024 Renters (Reform) Bill 2022-23 Amendment Paper Found: Clause— “Requirement to collect and display information on rent levels and controls (1) The private |
Department Publications - News and Communications |
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Wednesday 10th April 2024
Home Office Source Page: 150 asylum hotels returned to communities Document: 150 asylum hotels returned to communities (webpage) Found: building on the closure of the hundredth hotel last month, and moving residents into large sites and the private |
Department Publications - Policy paper |
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Wednesday 27th March 2024
Department for Energy Security & Net Zero Source Page: DESNZ monitoring and evaluation framework Document: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: Monitoring and evaluation framework (PDF) (PDF) Found: providing additional funding to Local Authorities to target energy efficiency installations among private |
MP Expenses |
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Tuesday 4th July 2023 Helen Hayes Office Costs - (Training - staff) Southwark Law Centre training on housing and private rented sector. Training for all caseworkers, though the IPSA system insists I choose one staff member only. £120.00 - Paid |
Scottish Parliamentary Debates |
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First Minister’s Question Time
59 speeches (45,460 words) Thursday 28th March 2024 - Main Chamber Mentions: 1: Yousaf, Humza (SNP - Glasgow Pollok) A fairer, well-regulated private rented sector is in the interests of both tenants and responsible landlords - Link to Speech 2: Yousaf, Humza (SNP - Glasgow Pollok) I am grateful for everybody’s engagement—tenants, landlords, the private rented sector, investors and - Link to Speech |
General Question Time
39 speeches (19,917 words) Thursday 28th March 2024 - Main Chamber Mentions: 1: Harvie, Patrick (Green - Glasgow) The member is right to say that the private rented sector has always been dynamic, with some landlords - Link to Speech 2: Harvie, Patrick (Green - Glasgow) The Housing (Scotland) Bill will enable the delivery of our commitment to longer-term proposals for private - Link to Speech |