Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 108117

Social Rented Housing

Tabled: 23 January 2026
Answered: 28 January 2026
Named Day

Question

Vikki Slade

Liberal DemocratMid Dorset and North Poole

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of changing the rules which prevent families from bidding for social houses that have too few bedrooms on waiting times for so

Answer

Matthew Pennycook
The government expects registered providers of social housing to develop solutions that make best use of their stock.When framing the rules which determine the size of property to allocate to different households and in different circumstances, local hous...

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