Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 41377

Social Rented Housing: Furniture

Tabled: 25 March 2025
Answered: 2 April 2025

Question

Chris Bloore

LabourRedditch

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that all new social housing developments include a proportion of homes to be let as furnished.

Answer

Matthew Pennycook
The 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. As part...

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