Written questions

Housing: Immigration

Commons · Question 62663 · Tabled 25 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record

Answered 22 Jul 2025

Question

Asked by Lee Anderson

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of levels of immigration on the availability of (a) social housing and (b) private rental housing stock over the next Parliam

Answer

Answered by Matthew Pennycook, 22 Jul 2025

The government is determined to address the dire inheritance left by its predecessor and restore order to the asylum and immigration systems, delivering lower net migration. The factors affecting supply and demand in the private rented sector are complex ...