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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

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