Social Rented Housing: Furniture
Commons · Question 41376 · Tabled 25 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record
Answered 2 Apr 2025
Question
Asked by Chris Bloore
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of amending the Decent Homes Stand to ensure at least 10% of social rent homes are offered as furnished.
Answer
Answered by Matthew Pennycook, 2 Apr 2025
The government will consult this year on a reformed Decent Homes Standard for the social and private rented sectors. The Deputy Prime Minister is part of the ministerial Child Poverty Taskforce, which is aiming to publish a Child Poverty Strategy. As part...