Social Rented Housing: Heating
Commons · Question 2357 · Tabled 18 May 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record
Answered 27 May 2026
Question
Asked by Carla Denyer
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment he has made of the risk of overheating in social housing.
Answer
Answered by Matthew Pennycook, 27 May 2026
All social homes should meet at least a minimum standard of thermal comfort.My Department made an assessment of subjective overheating through the English Housing Survey, which found that in 2024 10.6% of social housing households reported at least one pa...