Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 60315

Social Security Benefits: Social Rented Housing

Tabled: 16 June 2025
Answered: 24 June 2025

Question

Martin Wrigley

Liberal DemocratNewton Abbot

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, regarding Housing Benefit, if she will make it her policy to commit a portion of benefit funding into social housing.

Answer

Sir Stephen Timms
Housing support is delivered through Housing Benefit (HB) and the Housing Element of Universal Credit (UCHE). These are means tested benefits intended to help people pay their rental costs, including around two-thirds of households living in the social re...

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