Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 40986

Rented Housing: Standards

Tabled: 24 March 2025
Answered: 31 March 2025

Question

Pippa Heylings

Liberal DemocratSouth Cambridgeshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of strengthening the Decent Homes Standard for all forms of tenure.

Answer

Matthew Pennycook
The government will consult this year on a reformed Decent Homes Standard for the social and private rented sectors.