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Commons · Question 39723 · Tabled 19 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record

Answered 27 Mar 2025

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Asked by Zöe Franklin

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that rental prices remain affordable; and whether she has considered mechanisms to stabilise rents.

Answer

Answered by Matthew Pennycook, 27 Mar 2025

Boosting the supply of homes of all tenures must be at the heart of any strategy to improve housing affordability which is why the government’s Plan for Change includes a hugely ambitious milestone of building 1.5 million safe and decent homes in England ...