Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 73543
Housing: Construction
Tabled: 29 August 2025
Answered: 15 September 2025
Question
Perran Moon
Labour — Camborne and Redruth
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether assessment of local housing needs includes (a) share of second homes, (b) prevalence of short-term lets and (c) local house-price-to-income ratios.
Answer
Matthew PennycookThe government’s revised standard method for assessing local housing need, introduced in December 2024, uses a baseline of local housing stock, adjusted for affordability using median workplace-based affordability ratios. The affordability adjustment dire...
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