Question follow-through · 5690
Social Rented Housing: Rents
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what her policy is on allowing (a) social housing providers to increase social rents above inflation and (b) backdated rent increases to offset below-inflation rents set under th
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 12 Sept 2024
- Target answer date
- 7 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 11 Oct 2024 · 29 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
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Recorded timeline
12 Sept 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what her policy is on allowing (a) social housing providers to increase social rents above inflation and (b) backdated rent increases to offset below-inflation rents set under th
7 Oct 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
11 Oct 2024
Answer published
We will set out plans at the next fiscal event to give councils and housing associations the rent stability they need to be able to borrow and invest in both new and existing homes, while also ensuring that there are appropriate protections for both exist...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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