Question follow-through · 93111
Rented Housing: Applications
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to improve access to housing for renters without traditional forms of affordability evidence.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 20 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 24 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 27 Nov 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
20 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to improve access to housing for renters without traditional forms of affordability evidence.
24 Nov 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
27 Nov 2025
Answer published
There is no one-size-fits-all approach to determining whether any given tenancy will be sustainable and good landlords already assess tenant suitability on the basis of individual’s circumstances. Landlords and agents remain free to undertake referencing ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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