Private Rented Housing: Rents

(asked on 4th March 2026) - View Source
Questioner
Dan Carden Portrait
Dan Carden
(Labour - Liverpool Walton)

Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment has been made of whether new housing supply alone can reduce rents in areas where private rent inflation exceeds wage growth.

Answered by
Matthew Pennycook Portrait
Matthew Pennycook
Minister of State (Housing, Communities and Local Government)
This question was answered on 13th March 2026

I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN 41989 on 4 April 2025.

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