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894659

	registered interest
	date	30/04/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Leasehold: Unfair Practices
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps his Department is taking to tackle unfair practices in the leasehold system.
	tabling member constituency	Hazel Grove
	tabling member printed	Mr William Wragg
	uin	905044
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2018 answer text <p>We are committed to tackling unfair leasehold practices, which is why we are working with the Law Commission to make buying your freehold or extending your lease easier, faster, fairer and cheaper.</p><p> </p><p>We want to ensure leaseholders have the right support to deal with onerous ground rent and will consider further action if developer’s schemes to compensate individuals don’t go far enough.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 30/04/2018 16:20:48 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
	tabling member	4429 label Biography information for Mr William Wragg

894658

	registered interest
	date	30/04/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Housing: Construction
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps his Department is taking to reduce the time taken to build new homes.
	tabling member constituency	Sittingbourne and Sheppey
	tabling member printed	Gordon Henderson
	uin	905040
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2018 answer text <p>New homes should be built out as soon as possible once planning permission is granted. Under this Government, new house building starts are at their highest levels for nine years – we are building on progress by revising the National Planning Policy Framework, diversifying the market to increase the pace of development, and have commissioned my Rt Hon Friend, the member for West Dorset, to lead a review of build out rates.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 30/04/2018 16:45:13 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
	tabling member	4050 label Biography information for Gordon Henderson

891310

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Private Rented Housing: Universal Credit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he has (a) commissioned and (b) completed an (i) external and (ii) internal analysis of the effect of the roll-out of universal credit on the availability of private rented accommodation for households receiving the housing element of universal credit.
	tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
	tabling member printed	John Healey
	uin	137907
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2018 answer text <p>We are committed to working with the Department for Work and Pensions and stakeholders across the private rented sector to understand how we can make best use of our financial levers and existing powers to support tenants to access good quality and affordable accommodation. Universal Credit is already significantly improving the rate at which those claiming benefits return to work. Being in employment improves the housing choices of those who would otherwise have remained dependent on benefits.</p><p>More than 1 million people in England who rent privately are in receipt of Housing Benefit and the housing element of Universal Credit (over 200,000 in London). In December 44 per cent of households claiming housing support under Universal Credit were in the private rented sector.</p><p>The Government is helping benefit claimants to access the private rented sector where LHA rates have diverged the most from local rents through further Targeted Affordability Funding in 2018/19 and 2019/20 and enhanced Discretionary Housing Payment funding for local authorities to protect the most vulnerable claimants impacted by welfare reforms such as freeze to LHA rates.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 30/04/2018 14:51:48 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
	tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

891393

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Social Rented Housing: Construction
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his department is taking to build new social housing.
	tabling member constituency	Jarrow
	tabling member printed	Mr Stephen Hepburn
	uin	137954
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2018 answer text <p>Since 2010 we have delivered over 357,000 new affordable homes,including over 257,000 affordable homes for rent.</p><p>We are providing over £9 billion funding for the Affordable Homes Programme 2016-21, this includes an additional £2 billion which will be available for social rent.</p><p>We have confirmed long-term rent certainty for social landlords in England and announced that we will be providing councils with £1 billion of additional borrowing to deliver homes where demand is greatest. These measures will support housing associations and local authorities build more genuinely affordable homes where they are needed most.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 30/04/2018 09:53:53 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
	tabling member	520 label Biography information for Mr Stephen Hepburn

891391

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Affordable Housing: Young People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to make housing more affordable for young people.
	tabling member constituency	Jarrow
	tabling member printed	Mr Stephen Hepburn
	uin	137953
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2018 answer text <p>Since 2010 we have delivered over 357,000 new affordable homes, including over 257,000 affordable homes for rent.</p><p>We are providing over £9 billion funding for the Affordable Homes Programme 2016-21, to deliver a wide range of affordable housing to meet the housing needs of a range of people in different circumstances and with different housing needs.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 30/04/2018 09:55:43 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
	tabling member	520 label Biography information for Mr Stephen Hepburn

891420

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Social Rented Housing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 5 February 2018 to Question 125886, when he plans to publish the social housing green paper.
	tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
	tabling member printed	John Healey
	uin	137908
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2018 answer text <p>We have been listening to tenants through a process of engagement which finished on 10 April, and over 7,000 people have shared their views across a wide range of concerns.</p><p>We intend to publish the Social Housing Green Paper in the next few months.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 30/04/2018 09:44:54 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
	tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

889945

	registered interest
	date	23/04/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Sleeping Rough: Supported Housing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will expand the clearing house scheme of housing for people with a history of rough sleeping.
	tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
	tabling member printed	John Healey
	uin	136997
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2018 answer text <p>The Government is committed to finding a way to provide additional, coordinated move-on accommodation for rough sleepers, building on the existing 3,750 ‘clearing house’ places which are already provided by housing associations in London. The Department is working with the National Housing Federation to explore the possibility of extending this London-based scheme nationally.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 30/04/2018 09:44:25 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
	tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey