Question follow-through · 3660
Social Rented Housing: Pets
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Renters Rights Act 2025, whether he is taking steps to extend the right to request permission to keep a pet to people living in social housing.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 20 May 2026
- Target answer date
- 1 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 5 Jun 2026 · 16 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
20 May 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Renters Rights Act 2025, whether he is taking steps to extend the right to request permission to keep a pet to people living in social housing.
1 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
5 Jun 2026
Answer published
The government recognises that pets can bring joy and comfort to their owners, as well as supporting their mental and physical wellbeing.On 12 February 2026, Baroness Taylor wrote to all social housing landlords setting out my Department’s position on fai...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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