Housing White Paper

Robert Jenrick Excerpts

Tuesday 7th February 2017 Commons Chamber

[Sajid Javid]

The legislation already contains requirements and standards for housing, including for rented accommodation. If we start frivolously introducing unnecessary new regulations, that will just increase the burdens on house builders and push up costs even further.

[Robert Jenrick (Newark) (Con)]

Some of the large developments around Newark have gained a bad name with my constituents due to the common practice of large developers, such as Persimmon, selling freehold properties but then ensuring that residents pay rip-off prices for many years for management company rents, the cost of putting up a satellite dish, and so on. It is an outrageous practice that is hurting the working people of this country, so will the Secretary of State consider banning it?

[Sajid Javid]

Yes.