Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 21318

Housing: Construction

Tabled: 19 December 2024

Answered: 7 January 2025

Question

Andy McDonald

Labour — Middlesbrough and Thornaby East

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of (a) developing and (b) approving a single mandatory consumer code for all housebuilders.

Answer

Matthew Pennycook

The government is committed to improving upon existing means of redress for new build homebuyers for when things go wrong. The government responded to the CMA Housebuilding Study in October 2024 and committed to implementing recommendation 2.1, namely a s...

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