Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 40318

Social Rented Housing: Furniture Poverty

Tabled: 21 March 2025
Answered: 31 March 2025

Question

Lisa Smart

Liberal DemocratHazel Grove

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has had discussions with the Child Poverty Taskforce on (a) furnished tenancies and (b) the potential impact of the Decent Homes Standard on trends in the levels of f

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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