Question follow-through · 109888
Private Rented Housing: Guarantees
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of guarantor requirements in the private rented sector on prospective tenants who can demonstrate affordability but do
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 30 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 3 Feb 2026
- Answer
- 9 Feb 2026 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
30 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of guarantor requirements in the private rented sector on prospective tenants who can demonstrate affordability but do
3 Feb 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
9 Feb 2026
Answer published
According to the latest English Private Landlord Survey, which can be found on gov.uk here, 21% of landlords required a guarantor for their most recent letting.The government recognises that blanket requirements for a guarantor could act as a barrier to r...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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