The draft National Planning Policy Framework proposal for Entry Level Exception Sites did not include a local connection criteria. The policy is designed to provide additional housing for first time buyers and renters, where it is needed. This will not always involve a local connection. This was consulted on as part of the draft National Planning Policy Framework. We are currently considering responses to the consultation and will publish the final National Planning Policy Framework in the summer.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4007", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Dominic Raab"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Esher and Walton"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Dominic Raab"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2018-07-02", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2018-07-02T16:38:04.757Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "7"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Housing, Communities and Local Government"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Housing, Communities and Local Government"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2018-06-27", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Affordable Housing: Construction"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans the Department has to develop local connection criteria for the homes built on Entry Level Exception Sites.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/252", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Dr David Drew"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Stroud"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Dr David Drew"} ], "uin" : "158151"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/931806", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/931806/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
The Ministry of Housing Communities and Local Government does not collect the information requested. Figures on local authority expenditure on, and income from, the provision of cemetery, cremation and mortuary services, including closed churchyards and post-mortem services within mortuaries, are collected on the Revenue Outturn (RO) form available from:<\/p>
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/local-authority-revenue-expenditure-and-financing-england-2016-to-2017-individual-local-authority-data-outturn<\/a><\/p>"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/931880/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The law is clear - agents and landlords must not advertise or let a property in a way that unlawfully discriminates on the basis of a person\u2019s disability, gender, pregnancy/maternity, race, religion or belief, gender reassignment or sexual orientation. It is important that these equirements are clearly understood and, on 26 June 2018, we published a new \u201cHow to Let \u201cguide to help landlords better understand their rights and responsibilities. We also updated the \u201cHow to Rent\u201d guide, which was first introduced in 2015, to support tenants to understand and exercise their rights.<\/p> A number of other MHCLG policies work to combat discrimination and unfair practices. These include the introduction, in April 2018, of banning orders and a rogue landlord database designed to remove the worst landlords and agents from the sector and the requirement, since 1 October 2014, for letting and managing agents in England to belong to a Government approved redress scheme, giving tenants access to free dispute resolution where problems, including those related to discrimination, occur in relation to their agent. on 2 July we launched a consultation seeking views on how to overcome the barriers to longer tenancies to ensure that all tenants have the security they want and need.<\/p> The law is clear - agents and landlords must not advertise or let a property in a way that unlawfully discriminates on the basis of a person\u2019s disability, gender, pregnancy/maternity, race, religion or belief, gender reassignment or sexual orientation. It is important that these equirements are clearly understood and, on 26 June 2018, we published a new \u201cHow to Let \u201cguide to help landlords better understand their rights and responsibilities. We also updated the \u201cHow to Rent\u201d guide, which was first introduced in 2015, to support tenants to understand and exercise their rights.<\/p> A number of other MHCLG policies work to combat discrimination and unfair practices. These include the introduction, in April 2018, of banning orders and a rogue landlord database designed to remove the worst landlords and agents from the sector and the requirement, since 1 October 2014, for letting and managing agents in England to belong to a Government approved redress scheme, giving tenants access to free dispute resolution where problems, including those related to discrimination, occur in relation to their agent. on 2 July we launched a consultation seeking views on how to overcome the barriers to longer tenancies to ensure that all tenants have the security they want and need.<\/p> In our 2014 response to the 2013 Report, we were clear that we were disappointed that the UN Special Rapporteur had failed to correct a number of inaccuracies, which reflected on the relevance of her recommendations.<\/p> To protect the most vulnerable claimants impacted by welfare reforms affecting Housing Benefit and the housing element of Universal Credit, we are providing an enhanced Discretionary Housing Payment fund (from 2011 around £1 billion to date) for local authorities. The funding enables local authorities to provide help to those in most need, allow extra time for those affected to find suitable alternative accommodation, or provide longer-term support for vulnerable households.<\/p> There has been a rise in the number of households in temporary accommodation for a variety of complex reasons. The number of households in temporary accommodation varies across the country as there are different issues in different areas, e.g. affordability pressure in London and the South East.<\/p> England has a strong homelessness safety net, providing protection to the most vulnerable in our society. Time spent in temporary accommodation means people are getting help and it ensures no child or family is without a roof over their head.<\/p> Successful homelessness prevention and relief has risen by 30 per cent between 2009/10 and 2016/17. However, the Government remains clear that one person without a home is one too many. We are committed to doing more to prevent people becoming homeless in the first place.<\/p> That\u2019s why we have implemented the most ambitious legislative reform in decades, the Homelessness Reduction Act.<\/p> We have also committed £1.2 billion to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping including:<\/p> · £316 million of core funding for local authorities to prevent homelessness.<\/p> · £617 million in Flexible Homelessness Support Grant which local authorities can use strategically to prevent and tackle homelessness in their area;<\/p> · £72.7 million to support the implementation of the Homelessness Reduction Act;<\/p> · £20m Access to the Private Rented Sector Fund to increase access and sustainment of tenancies for those who are, or at risk of becoming homeless; and<\/p> · our £50 million to support 84 projects delivering an end-to-end approach to homelessness prevention.<\/p> MHCLG publishes regular statistics on temporary accommodation, rough sleeping, statutory homelessness and homelessness prevention and relief in England. These are published at a local authority level. The latest statistics can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/homelessness-statistics<\/a><\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the reasons for increases in the number of households in temporary accommodation in England since 2010.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/931886/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " There has been a rise in the number of households in temporary accommodation for a variety of complex reasons. The number of households in temporary accommodation varies across the country as there are different issues in different areas, e.g. affordability pressure in London and the South East.<\/p> England has a strong homelessness safety net, providing protection to the most vulnerable in our society. Time spent in temporary accommodation means people are getting help and it ensures no child or family is without a roof over their head.<\/p> Successful homelessness prevention and relief has risen by 30 per cent between 2009/10 and 2016/17. However, the Government remains clear that one person without a home is one too many. We are committed to doing more to prevent people becoming homeless in the first place.<\/p> That\u2019s why we have implemented the most ambitious legislative reform in decades, the Homelessness Reduction Act.<\/p> We have also committed £1.2 billion to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping including:<\/p> · £316 million of core funding for local authorities to prevent homelessness.<\/p> · £617 million in Flexible Homelessness Support Grant which local authorities can use strategically to prevent and tackle homelessness in their area;<\/p> · £72.7 million to support the implementation of the Homelessness Reduction Act;<\/p> · £20m Access to the Private Rented Sector Fund to increase access and sustainment of tenancies for those who are, or at risk of becoming homeless; and<\/p> · our £50 million to support 84 projects delivering an end-to-end approach to homelessness prevention.<\/p>
In addition, we are committed to regulating letting agents and requiring them to meet minimum training standards and comply with a code of practice, which will include treating all tenants equally. We will also require all landlords to be members of a redress scheme to ensure that all tenants, not just those who use agents, have access to quick and easy dispute resolution when things go wrong. Our eight week consultation on strengthening redress in housing closed on 16 April. We are analysing responses with a view to publishing a Government response in the Autumn.<\/p>"}
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In addition, we are committed to regulating letting agents and requiring them to meet minimum training standards and comply with a code of practice, which will include treating all tenants equally. We will also require all landlords to be members of a redress scheme to ensure that all tenants, not just those who use agents, have access to quick and easy dispute resolution when things go wrong. Our eight week consultation on strengthening redress in housing closed on 16 April. We are analysing responses with a view to publishing a Government response in the Autumn.<\/p>"}
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We have since set out an ambitious package of long-term reform to fix the dysfunctional housing market, which includes raising the Housing Revenue Account borrowing cap by a total of £1 billion in areas of high affordability pressure for local authorities who are ready to start building new homes, and increasing the Affordable Homes Programme budget to over £9 billion to deliver a wide range of affordable housing, including social rent homes. Our recent announcements, together with our Housing White Paper, put us on track to create, fund and drive a housing market which delivers 300,000 homes a year on average by the mid-2020s.<\/p>
Furthermore, to consider issues relating to social housing, including wider issues of place and community, we are publishing a Social Housing Green Paper before the summer recess \u2013 a broad review which has been informed by direct engagement with nearly 1,000 social housing residents.<\/p>
We are also taking action to protect tenants in the private rented sector, and on 2 July we published a consultation on Overcoming the Barriers to Longer Tenancies in the Private Rented Sector where we propose a new three year tenancy model with a six month break clause.<\/p>"}
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