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776841

registered interest
date	24/10/2017
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Leasehold
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to advise homebuyers of the potential risks of buying leasehold properties; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Helen Jones
uin	109277
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2017 answer text <p>The Government’s consultation, <em>Tackling Unfair Practices in the Leasehold Market</em>, considered a number of issues within the leasehold sector including the sale of new built leasehold houses, and onerous ground rents. The consultation also sought views on what further areas of leasehold reform should be prioritised and why. The public consultation, which closed on 19 September, received around 6,000 replies. We are carefully analysing the responses, and will issue the Government response in due course.</p><p>On the 22 October, the Government launched a call for evidence to improve the homebuying and selling process, in order to make it cheaper, faster and less stressful. This will seek views on how to better enable consumers to make an informed choice around the type of property bought and its tenure.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 30/10/2017 17:49:50 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma previous answer version 18707 answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	432 label Biography information for Helen Jones

776849

registered interest
date	24/10/2017
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Housing: Sales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent discussions he has had with house-builders on sales of (a) leasehold houses and (b) freeholds to other companies after purchases are completed.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Helen Jones
uin	109276
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2017 answer text <p>My Rt Hon Friend, the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, met with the Home Builders Federation on 12 September to discuss ending the development of new build leasehold houses and the 'Tackling unfair practices in the leasehold market' consultation, which referred to developers selling on freehold interests to third parties after a lease has been purchased.</p><p><br></p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 30/10/2017 17:50:26 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma previous answer version 18706 answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	432 label Biography information for Helen Jones

777650

registered interest
date	24/10/2017
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Affordable Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans he has to increase the number of affordable homes.
tabling member constituency	Mid Worcestershire
tabling member printed	Nigel Huddleston
uin	901478
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2017 answer text <p>The Government is investing over £9 billion between 2016-2021 to deliver a wide range of affordable housing - to meet the needs of a broad range of people, including homes for social rent. We have also confirmed long-term rent certainty for social landlords – creating a stable investment environment to support councils and housing associations to build more affordable homes.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 30/10/2017 16:59:40 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston

778765

registered interest
date	24/10/2017
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Housing: Construction
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many starter homes have been completed since 2015.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Test
tabling member printed	Dr Alan Whitehead
uin	901464
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2017 answer text <p>No starter homes have been completed to date. However, the £1.2 billion Starter Home Land Fund is supporting the preparation of brownfield sites for delivery of homes.</p><p>The Homes and Communities Agency has already invested £126 million in over 40 sites with a capacity for over 5,000 homes.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 30/10/2017 17:47:06 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	62 label Biography information for Dr Alan Whitehead

774344

registered interest
date	20/10/2017
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Housing: Sales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to improve the consumer rights of freeholders purchasing new build homes.
tabling member constituency	Telford
tabling member printed	Lucy Allan
uin	108901
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2017 answer text <p>It is vital that as housing supply increases, the quality of new build homes continues to improve. In our Housing White paper, published earlier this year, we set out our ambition for a housing market that works for everyone. We expect all housing developers to deliver good quality housing, to deliver it on time, and to treat house buyers fairly.</p><p>Where something goes wrong, house builders and warranty providers should fulfil their obligations to put this right. The industry-led Consumer Code for Homebuilders, where applicable, also provides protection to purchasers of new homes.</p><p>Last year the All Party Parliamentary Group for Excellence in the Built Environment produced a report called <em>More Homes, Fewer Complaints</em>, which made a series of recommendations to improve quality and redress. One of their recommendations was to establish a New Homes Ombudsman. We are considering this as part of our wider ambition to improve redress arrangements in all parts of the housing market.</p><p>We also want to make the homebuying process cheaper, faster and less stressful. In October we launched a call for evidence on the home buying and selling process in order to gather views from industry about areas for improvement, and from the public about parts of the process they find most difficult to navigate.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 30/10/2017 16:56:14 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4411 label Biography information for Lucy Allan