Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 98812
Social Rented Housing: Tenancy Agreements
Tabled: 10 December 2025
Answered: 5 January 2026
Question
Sir James Cleverly
Conservative — Braintree
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he has a policy on social tenants in high-value social housing passing on lifetime tenancies to their children.
Answer
Matthew PennycookThe assessed value of a social rent property has no bearing on tenants’ rights to pass down their tenancy to their children. Those living in high-value social rent homes will be subject to the same succession rights set out in legislation as other social ...
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