Written questions

Social Rented Housing

Commons · Question 50492 · Tabled 7 May 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record

Answered 16 May 2025

Question

Asked by Jim Shannon

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of the provision of social housing.

Answer

Answered by Matthew Pennycook, 16 May 2025

This government is clear that there is a chronic shortage of social rented housing as a result of its undersupply over recent years.That is why we are committed to delivering the biggest increase in social and affordable housebuilding in a generation.For ...