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 DayQuestion
Vikki Slade
Liberal Democrat — Mid 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 PennycookThe 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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