PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Social Rented Housing: Rural Areas (10 October 2024)

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of high property prices on the availability of social housing in rural constituencies.

Asked by:
Edward Morello (Liberal Democrat)

The Government is committed to the biggest increase in social and affordable housebuilding in a generation. Details of future government investment will be brought forward at the Spending Review. In addition, our recent consultation on proposed reforms to the National Planning Policy Framework sought views on the best approach for supporting affordable housing developments within rural areas. The consultation closed on the 24 September and officials in my department are currently analysing responses with a view to publishing a government response before the end of the year.

Answered by:
Matthew Pennycook (Labour)
18 October 2024