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1146756

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date	27/09/2019
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 Associations
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 assessment he has made of the potential merits of providing councils with the power to manage properties currently owned by housing associations.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
uin	291556
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>No such assessment has been made. The government believes that both local authorities and housing associations have an important role to play in building and managing the affordable homes this country needs. Making housing associations subject to local authority control would result in them being reclassified to the public sector, thereby adding their debt (currently £77 billion) to the Public Sector Net Debt.</p> answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 08/10/2019 13:11:34 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey previous answer version 136842 answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

1146218

registered interest
date	25/09/2019
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	Homelessness: Finance
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 discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on increasing financial support for provisions of the Homelessness Reduction Act 2017.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
uin	290991
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/10/2019 answer text <p>This government has now committed over £1.2 billion to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping over the spending review period to April 2020. In 2020/2021 we are providing a further £422 million to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping. This marks a £54 million increase in funding from the previous year. This highlights the government’s continued focus on Homelessness and Rough Sleeping, and we will announce how this additional funding has been allocated in due course.</p><p>The government has provided £72.7 million in new burdens funding for local authorities to implement the Homeslessness Reduction Act 2017. We are currently undertaking a review of the Act which includes a review of the new burdens funding.</p><p>Alongside this financial support the Department established the Homelessness Advice and Support Team (HAST). HAST is made up of experts from the homelessness sector and local authorities. The team has been working with, and supporting, local authorities to help them bring in the Act. They continue to provide support and assistance to improve their homelessness services. This assistance has been well received.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 03/10/2019 12:49:11 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

1146229

registered interest
date	25/09/2019
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 Associations: Standards
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 his Department plans to regulate housing associations to ensure (a) better managements of estates, (b) improved customer service and (c) more transparency on housing service charges.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
uin	291001
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/10/2019 answer text <p>The Social Housing Green Paper published in August 2018 sets out proposals for a new, fairer deal for tenants to ensure that homes are safe and decent, that residents are treated with dignity and respect and that we have the social housing we need for the future.</p><p>Alongside the Green Paper, the government launched an in-depth review of the regulation of social housing to ensure it remains fit for purpose, reflects changes in the social housing sector and drives a focus on delivering a good service for tenants. We will publish the results of the Green Paper and review of regulation in due course.</p><p>The government believes that service charges should be transparent, communicated effectively and there should be a clear route to challenge or redress for tenants and leaseholders if things go wrong. Lord Best’s <em>Regulation of Property Agents </em>working group, which reported on 18 July, considered how fees such as service charges should be presented to consumers, and whether some fees should be limited. We are considering their recommendations carefully and will announce next steps in due course.</p> answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 04/10/2019 13:23:54 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

1145037

registered interest
date	05/09/2019
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, whether he plans to set a delivery target and an investment plan to support that target for social rent homes.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
uin	287538
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>The government is committed to increasing the supply of social housing and has made £9 billion available through the Affordable Homes Programme to March 2022 to deliver approximately 250,000 new affordable homes for a wide range of tenures. This includes at least 12,500 homes for social rent to meet the needs of struggling families and those most at risk of homelessness in areas of the country where affordability is most pressured. This is the minimum number of social rent homes we expect to be delivered – the programme is flexible and the precise number will depend on the bids that are received for the funding.</p><p>We previously announced an additional £2 billion of long-term funding certainty for housing associations. This extra funding will deliver more affordable homes and stimulate the sector’s wider building ambitions, through strategic partnerships. On 27 June 2019, bidding was opened on £1 billion of this funding through Homes England. We are working closely with the Greater London Authority to open bidding on £1 billion for London as soon as possible. Our ten-year funding commitment through strategic partnerships marks the first time any government has invested such long-term funding in new homes through housing associations.</p><p>We have also removed the Housing Revenue Account borrowing caps for local authorities and have set out a long-term rent deal for councils and housing associations in England from 2020. Housing associations and local authorities now need to accelerate delivery and build more affordable homes.</p><p>Since 2010 there has been an increase in the number of homes for social rent by 79,000, in contrast to the decline between 1997 and 2010, whilst the Right to Buy for council tenants has been preserved.</p><p>Investment in social rent homes beyond the current programme will be decided as part of the forthcoming spending review.</p> answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 08/10/2019 10:31:04 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly