Question follow-through · 98888
Council Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of increasing the cap for the number of homes that a council can own without the need for a housing revenue account from 200
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 10 Dec 2025
- Target answer date
- 17 Dec 2025
- Answer
- 17 Dec 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
10 Dec 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of increasing the cap for the number of homes that a council can own without the need for a housing revenue account from 200
17 Dec 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
17 Dec 2025
Answer published
The government recognise that the cost of opening a Housing Revenue Account (HRA) can deter non-HRA holding councils from increasing their current levels of housing delivery. As a result, we are already exploring whether the current 200 social and afforda...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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