Oral Question·Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
“What steps the Government will take to ensure that local authorities are adequately supported to deliver policies proposed in the forthcoming levelling up White Paper.”
Tabled: 18 January 2022Answered: 24 January 2022
Asked by
Clive Lewis
Labour — Norwich South
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Answer from Hansard
Matthew Pennycook
My hon. Friend will have noted the £39 billion allocated at the spending review to our new 10-year social and affordable homes programme, which, as the Deputy Prime Minister has made clear, we think will deliver about 300,000 affordable homes over its lifetime, with about 180,000 for social rent. He will also know that our Renters’ Rights Bill includes provisions that will empower tenants to challenge unreasonable rent increases.