Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 37009
Rented Housing: Furniture Poverty
Tabled: 10 March 2025
Answered: 17 March 2025
Question
Neil Duncan-Jordan
Labour — Poole
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions she has had with the Child Poverty Taskforce on (a) furnished tenancies and (b) the potential impact of the Decent Homes Standard on levels of furniture poverty.
Answer
Matthew PennycookThe government will consult this year on a reformed Decent Homes Standard for the social and private rented sectors. The Deputy Prime Minister is part of the ministerial Child Poverty Taskforce, which is aiming to publish a Child Poverty Strategy in Sprin...
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