Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 907208

Social Rented Housing: Furniture

Tabled: 6 January 2026
Answered: 12 January 2026
Named Day

Question

Mrs Elsie Blundell

LabourHeywood and Middleton North

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of requiring at least 10% of social housing stock to be let as furnished.

Answer

Matthew Pennycook
From 2 July to 12 September last year, we consulted on a reformed and modernised Decent Homes Standard for social and privately rented homes.As part of that consultation, we sought views on how guidance might be used to encourage and support landlords to ...

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