Question follow-through · 65850
Social Rented Housing: Furniture
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether it is her policy that her Department's planned affordable housing will meet the (a) best practice guidance from the revised Decent Homes Standard and (b) best practice gu
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 8 Jul 2025
- Target answer date
- 10 Jul 2025
- Answer
- 11 Jul 2025 · 3 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
8 Jul 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether it is her policy that her Department's planned affordable housing will meet the (a) best practice guidance from the revised Decent Homes Standard and (b) best practice gu
10 Jul 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
11 Jul 2025
Answer published
On 2 July, the government opened a consultation on a reformed Decent Homes Standard (DHS) for the social and private rented sectors. It seeks views on a range of issues including whether landlords should provide suitable floor coverings in all rooms at th...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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Ground Rent
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Freeports
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Freeports
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National Memorial Arboretum
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National Memorial Arboretum
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