Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 18047

Social Rented Housing: Sub-letting

Tabled: 4 December 2024
Answered: 9 December 2024
Named Day

Question

Vikki Slade

Liberal DemocratMid Dorset and North Poole

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to (a) assess and (b) prevent unauthorised sub-letting of social housing for holiday lets.

Answer

Matthew Pennycook
The Government is committed to supporting landlords to tackle the small minority of social tenants who, by cheating the system, deprive those in need of a social home.Under existing legislation, it is a criminal offence to sub-let social housing without t...

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