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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...