Asked by: Sharon Hodgson (Labour - Washington and Sunderland West)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the number of non-decent homes in the (a) private rented and (b) social rented sector.
Answered by Jacob Young - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities)
Everyone deserves to live in a safe and decent home. This is why we are introducing a Decent Homes Standard in the private rented sector for the first time through the Renters (Reform) Bill.
We are also reviewing the Decent Homes Standard, which sets out the minimum requirements for all social housing.
Data on housing decency is published regularly via the English Housing Survey at local authority level.
Correspondence Apr. 26 2024
Committee: Liaison Committee (Lords)Found: regard is given to retirement housing, housing -with- care, and care homes - important types of housing
Formal Minutes Apr. 25 2024
Committee: Justice Committee (Department: Ministry of Justice)Found: , dated 18 December 2023 Criminal Justice Bill Amendments – Transfer of prisoners to foreign rented
Apr. 25 2024
Source Page: Treasury Minutes – April 2024Found: The scheme is jointly run by the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities (DLUHC) and the
Apr. 25 2024
Source Page: Treasury Minutes – April 2024Found: The scheme is jointly run by the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities (DLUHC) and the
Mentions:
1: Lord Best (XB - Life peer) The private rented sector is unsuitable or unaffordable for many, so doubling this sector’s size and - Speech Link
2: Baroness Swinburne (Con - Life peer) social rented homes. - Speech Link
3: Lord Davies of Brixton (Lab - Life peer) We end up with families still relying on rented accommodation, provided more expensively by the private - Speech Link
4: Baroness Taylor of Stevenage (Lab - Life peer) The average three-bedroom, private-rented home in my area costs £1,400 a month; that would mean almost - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Penny Mordaunt (Con - Portsmouth North) It is the Conservatives who have built 2.5 million new homes and are getting people on the housing ladder - Speech Link
2: Ian Liddell-Grainger (Con - Bridgwater and West Somerset) The chairman of the scrutiny committee has done a runner and slunk off to rented accommodation in Bampton - Speech Link
3: Penny Mordaunt (Con - Portsmouth North) Given that the next questions to the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities are - Speech Link
4: Justin Madders (Lab - Ellesmere Port and Neston) Port through Ellesmere Port College and the Frank Field Education Trust.Can we please have a debate on private - Speech Link
5: Penny Mordaunt (Con - Portsmouth North) the coalition Government, new measures were introduced to crack down on things such as clamping on private - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Dornan, James (SNP - Glasgow Cathcart) private rented sector. - Speech Link
2: McLennan, Paul (SNP - East Lothian) A fairer and well-regulated rented sector is good for tenants and responsible landlords. - Speech Link
3: Grant, Rhoda (Lab - Highlands and Islands) The council, the public sector, the private sector and communities are involved in that, and they highlight - Speech Link
Oral Evidence Apr. 24 2024
Committee: Public Accounts CommitteeFound: That requires action from us and action from the private sector.
Mentions:
1: Clive Betts (Lab - Sheffield South East) , will also deal with private sector housing? - Speech Link
2: Anthony Mangnall (Con - Totnes) Proposed new clause 1 would scrap selective licensing schemes for private rented housing when the property - Speech Link
3: Jacob Young (Con - Redcar) this issue must reflect the differences between the social and private rented sectors. - Speech Link