Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 32068

Private Rented Housing: Standards

Tabled: 21 February 2025
Answered: 5 March 2025

Question

Paula Barker

LabourLiverpool Wavertree

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department will take to ensure local authorities are adequately resourced to improve standards in the private rented sector.

Answer

Matthew Pennycook
Through the Renters’ Rights Bill, the government is strengthening local authorities’ enforcement powers and extending and increasing ring-fenced civil penalties to support a ‘polluter pays’ approach.In accordance with the New Burdens Doctrine, we will ens...

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