Question follow-through · 1063
Private Rented Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans his Department has to help improve housing affordability in the private rented sector.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 13 May 2026
- Target answer date
- 18 May 2026
- Answer
- 18 May 2026 · 5 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
More questions by this MP on Communities and local government
- Fire and Rescue Services: Standards · 18 May 2026
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- Private Rented Housing: Evictions · 20 May 2026
- Private Rented Housing: Evictions · 20 May 2026
- Private Rented Housing: Evictions · 20 May 2026
Shared topic keywords suggest a connection; they do not establish a follow-up.
Recorded timeline
13 May 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans his Department has to help improve housing affordability in the private rented sector.
18 May 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
18 May 2026
Answer published
In addition to the steps the government is taking to increase the supply of homes of all tenures, our Renters’ Rights Act has empowered private rented sector tenants to challenge unreasonable rent increases, outlawed rental bidding and ended the practice ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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