Written questions

Affordable Housing: Construction

Lords · Question HL15638 · Tabled 17 Mar 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record

Answered 25 Mar 2026

Question

Asked by Lord Bird

To ask His Majesty's Government what consideration they gave to including targets for building permanent affordable social housing in the Child Poverty Strategy.

Answer

Answered by Baroness Taylor of Stevenage, 25 Mar 2026

The Child Poverty Strategy was developed in collaboration with the National Plan to End Homelessness because the government is focussing on delivering long-term solutions across both agendas. The National Plan to End Homelessness includes our action to ta...