Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 88740

Social Rented Housing: Arrears

Tabled: 10 November 2025
Answered: 13 November 2025
Named Day

Question

Jim McMahon

Labour (Co-op)Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of (a) rent arrears and (b) tenant to landlord debt in the social housing sector in England.

Answer

Matthew Pennycook
The number of social rented households self-reporting that they had been in arrears can be found in the English Housing Survey on gov.uk here. The total amount due in arrears by local authority tenants, both current and previous, can be found in Section H...

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