Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 23607
Social Rented Housing: Rents
Tabled: 13 January 2025
Answered: 16 January 2025
Named DayQuestion
Adam Dance
Liberal Democrat — Yeovil
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of requiring social housing providers to refer tenants to a local debt advice service before serving them with an eviction
Answer
Matthew PennycookThe government is clear that social landlords should seek to sustain tenancies and should only evict as a last resort.Landlords will, when managing their social housing schemes, provide advice and assistance to those struggling financially, including sign...
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