Housing

(asked on 7th March 2018) - View Source

Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps the Government is taking to reduce levels of insecure housing; and what assessment the Government has made of the relationship between levels of (a) insecure housing and (b) homelessness.


Answered by
Heather Wheeler Portrait
Heather Wheeler
This question was answered on 12th March 2018

The Government is committed to protecting the rights of tenants and giving them more security. Our Housing White Paper, published on 7 February 2018, sets out what we have done to encourage longer term tenancies in private rental homes delivered by housing associations and institutional investors. Both the British Property Federation and the National Housing Federation have committed to offer family friendly tenancies of three years or more in purpose built homes for rent.

For those already living in the private rented sector who want a longer tenancy, we have published a model tenancy agreement which landlords and tenants can use as the basis for longer tenancies. This can be found online at www.gov.uk/government/publications/model-agreement-for-a-shorthold-assured-tenancy

The end of an assured shorthold tenancy in the private rented sector is now the leading cause of homelessness in England. The Government is committed to making sure everyone has a roof over their head and the security they need in their homes. We will shortly be launching a consultation on the barriers to landlords offering longer, more secure tenancies in the private rented sector and how we can overcome them. We also announced at Budget £20 million to support those who are homeless or at risk of homelessness to access and sustain tenancies in the private rented sector.

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