Found: Universal Credit (receiving which disqualifies victims from being paid the essential living rate)14 or council

Found: Housing ( FSS0033 ), Places for People (FSS0044 ), and VIVID ( FSS0069 ). 16 Department for Levelling

Found: The government should support these initiatives and encourage the purchaser, whether council, housing

Found: available a preferential Public Work Loans Board borrowing rate to support and increase the delivery of council

Found: Someone could be a typical Hackney flat dweller, whether council, housing association or private.

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what support is available for tenants in dispute with local authorities on damp and mould issues.

Answered by Jacob Young - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities)

It is unacceptable for anyone to have to live in damp and mouldy conditions. Damp and mould can have a serious impact on the health of tenants. That is why the Secretary of State wrote to all providers of social housing, including local authorities, setting out his expectations that they go further than the letter of the Decent Homes Standard and have particular regard to damp and mould. He also wrote to local authority chief executives and council leaders making it clear they must take action to resolve poor housing conditions in their area.

Social housing tenants of local authorities who are unsatisfied with their landlord’s response to their complaint on damp and mould can raise their issue with the Housing Ombudsman. Our new guidance on damp and mould can also be accessed by tenants at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/damp-and-mould-understanding-and-addressing-the-health-risks-for-rented-housing-providers.

We have committed to introducing ‘Awaab’s Law’, which will set requirements for social landlords to investigate and fix hazards such as damp and mould in social housing. Our consultation on Awaab’s Law closed on 5 March and we will bring forward secondary legislation to bring this into force as soon as practicable.

We have also given local authorities strong legal powers to use where privately rented or housing association houses or flats are in a seriously dangerous condition, including through damp and mould.

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the availability of council homes in Morley and Outwood constituency.

Answered by Jacob Young - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities)

It is for local authorities to identify the size, type and tenure of housing needed for different groups in the community, including those who require affordable housing, and reflect this in planning and other policies.

We do not collect data by parliamentary constituency on new supply of affordable housing, including on social rent. These data are collected by local authority area and published on gov.uk in Live Table 1006C.

This Government is committed to increasing the supply of social and affordable housing. Our £11.5 billion Affordable Homes Programme will deliver thousands of affordable homes for both rent and to buy right across the country, including social rent.

I want the Government to require that local authorities reduce council tax for residents affected by antisocial behaviour of neighbours who live in council housing. This could be done by introducing a points system that monitors and assesses each episode of antisocial behaviour.

Found: authorities reduce council tax for residents affected by antisocial behaviour of neighbours who live in council

Found: In addition, 53 council housing 25 Commercial in confidence properties to the value of £13.1 million

Found: from the Secretary of State to social landlords about poor performance Explore the topic Council

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Found: Collection Letters to registered providers: Regulation fees Explore the topic Council

Found: and has experience of chairing organisations and committees, including the Association of Retained Council

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Found: Heart Housing Association • Midlothian Council • Milnbank Housing Association • Milton Keynes Council