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

To ask Her Majesty's Government what measures they are taking to improve housing conditions in the private rented sector in England.

Government is raising standards and improving conditions in the private rented sector by taking action against rogue landlords and empowering tenants themselves to take action against bad practice.

We have brought in the Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Act 2018, extended licensing of houses in multiple occupation (HMOs) and announced that we will require five yearly electrical safety checks. We have also introduced banning orders and a database of rogue landlords and agents to help local authorities rid the sector of landlords who continue to choose not to meet standards, and provided them with training, refreshed guidance and ​have just announced £3.8m of further grant funding to innovate and boost their enforcement work.

This is improving conditions across the private rented sector as rogue landlords are forced to either raise their game or to leave the sector entirely.