Question follow-through · 8939

Social Rented Housing and Temporary Accommodation

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the economic impact of (a) building more social housing and (b) reducing the number of families living in temporary accommodation.

answeredMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

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Answering body: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Tabled: 14 Oct 2024
Target answer date: 16 Oct 2024
Answer: 23 Oct 2024 · 9 calendar days after tabling

Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.

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Recorded timeline

14 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the economic impact of (a) building more social housing and (b) reducing the number of families living in temporary accommodation.
16 Oct 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
23 Oct 2024
Answer published
The Government is clear that homelessness is too high and that too many families are living in temporary accommodation. We intend to take a long-term approach to prevent and end homelessness. Working with Mayors and councils across the country, we will de...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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