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Affordable Housing: Repairs and Maintenance

Commons · Question 56444 · Tabled 2 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record

Answered 10 Jun 2025

Question

Asked by Lisa Smart

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to increase the time for which affordable housing associations are required to help with repair costs.

Answer

Answered by Matthew Pennycook, 10 Jun 2025

The government recognise the considerable financial strain that rising services charges are placing on leaseholders and tenants of social housing.The level of service charge that leaseholders and tenants pay depends on many factors and what those service ...