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Social Rented Housing: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will update the Decent Homes Standard to include floor coverings in social rented properties.

answeredMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

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Answering body
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Tabled
4 Dec 2024
Target answer date
9 Dec 2024
Answer
9 Dec 2024 · 5 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 4 Dec 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will update the Decent Homes Standard to include floor coverings in social rented properties.

  2. 9 Dec 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 9 Dec 2024

    Answer published

    There is currently no legislation that requires social housing landlords to provide floor coverings and landlords are not required to remove floor coverings when a home is let to new tenants.The government will consult on a new Decent Homes Standard next ...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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