Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 54208
Affordable Housing
Tabled: 21 May 2025
Answered: 6 June 2025
Question
Rachel Gilmour
Liberal Democrat — Tiverton and Minehead
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department plans to legally redefine the term affordable housing to be linked to social rent.
Answer
Matthew PennycookTo reflect this government’s priorities, the revised National Planning Policy Framework published on 12 December 2024 places greater emphasis on the delivery of Social Rent homes and includes a separate definition of Social Rent so that it is not referred...
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