Written Question·Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities·UIN 197620

Social Rented Housing: Stockport

Tabled: 4 September 2023
Answered: 7 September 2023
Named Day

Question

Navendu Mishra

LabourStockport

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has made an assessment of the adequacy of the waiting list for social housing in Stockport constituency.

Answer

The Government has given local councils freedom to manage their own waiting lists, so they can decide who should qualify for social housing in their area and develop solutions that make best use of the social housing stock.