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Social Rented Housing: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make it his policy to introduce a requirement that a minimum proportion of large developments should be social rented housing.

answeredMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

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Answering body
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Tabled
21 Jan 2025
Target answer date
23 Jan 2025
Answer
6 Feb 2025 · 16 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 21 Jan 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make it his policy to introduce a requirement that a minimum proportion of large developments should be social rented housing.

  2. 23 Jan 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 6 Feb 2025

    Answer published

    The revised National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) published on 12 December includes new Golden Rules for development on the Green Belt. Prior to development plan policies for affordable housing being updated in accordance with the revised NPPF, the af...

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