Question follow-through · 117085
Housing: Overcrowding
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to review the statutory overcrowding provisions in the Housing Act 1985.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 2 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 4 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 11 Mar 2026 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
2 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to review the statutory overcrowding provisions in the Housing Act 1985.
4 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
11 Mar 2026
Answer published
The government has no current plans to review or amend the overcrowding provisions as set out in Part X of the Housing Act 1985.Crowding and space are assessed under the Housing Health and Safety Rating System (HHSRS) and enforced under Part 1 of the Hous...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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