Social Rented Housing: Sub-letting
Commons · Question 18047 · Tabled 4 Dec 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record
Answered 9 Dec 2024
Question
Asked by Vikki Slade
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to (a) assess and (b) prevent unauthorised sub-letting of social housing for holiday lets.
Answer
Answered by Matthew Pennycook, 9 Dec 2024
The Government is committed to supporting landlords to tackle the small minority of social tenants who, by cheating the system, deprive those in need of a social home.Under existing legislation, it is a criminal offence to sub-let social housing without t...