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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the letter from the Minister for Housing and Homelessness, reference 3677980 on support for for landlords to offer longer tenancies where they are wanted, whether local authorities will be provided with the flexibility to retain secure tenancies as standard in local Tenancy Strategies, under the responsibilities conveyed by the Housing and Planning Act 2016.

The Housing and Planning Act 2016 includes provision for regulations to set out the circumstances in which local authorities will have discretion to continue to grant lifetime tenancies.