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Private Rented Housing: Standards

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Question for Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

UIN 902307, tabled on 21 November 2022

Question

Mary Robinson
Conservative
Cheadle
Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department has taken to help ensure that private renters are provided an adequate standard of housing.

Answer

Felicity Buchan
Conservative
Kensington
Commons

Answered on

21 November 2022

All tenants should have access to a good quality and safe home, which is why we have for the private rented sector strengthened councils’ enforcement powers, introducing penalties of up to £30,000, extending rent repayment orders and introduced banning orders for the most serious and prolific offenders.

We published our white paper in June setting out plans to deliver a Fairer Private Rented Sector, raising the bar on quality. In September we consulted on the introduction of a Decent Home Standard in the private rented sector. The consultation closed on 14 October, and we are considering responses.

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