Question follow-through · 61004
Housing Benefit and Universal Credit: Landlords
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what accountability mechanisms exist for private landlords who receive public funds through (a) Housing Benefit and (b) Universal Credit.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 18 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 20 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 30 Jun 2025 · 12 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
18 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what accountability mechanisms exist for private landlords who receive public funds through (a) Housing Benefit and (b) Universal Credit.
20 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
30 Jun 2025
Answer published
Local authorities have a wide range of enforcement tools to take action against private landlords who fail to comply with regulations, including those who receive public funds through Housing Benefit and Universal Credit. They can, for example, issue impr...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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