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Select Committee Inquiry
Improving the home buying and selling process
Inquiry Opened: 25th Mar 2024
Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee

This cross-party inquiry will examine the transaction process, the information available to buyers, and the role of conveyancers and estate agents.


Select Committee Inquiry
Children, young people and the built environment
Inquiry Opened: 13th Nov 2023
Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee

This inquiry is looking at how better planning and building and urban design in England could enhance the health and well-being of children and young people, while also benefitting the population as a whole. It will look at how children and young people can use outside public spaces and move …


Select Committee Inquiry
Local authorities in financial distress
Inquiry Opened: 22nd Sep 2023
Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee

Select Committee Inquiry
Disabled people in the housing sector
Inquiry Opened: 24th Jul 2023
Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee

This inquiry will examine the role of Government, local councils and developers in ensuring the delivery of suitable housing for disabled people and what the Government can do to support disabled tenants in the private rented sector in England.

The Committee will also be looking at the National Planning Policy …


Select Committee Inquiry
Shared Ownership
Inquiry Opened: 19th Jul 2023
Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee

The LUHC’s Committee’s inquiry will examine the challenges associated with shared home ownership schemes, including barriers to achieving full home ownership and whether shared ownership is genuinely an affordable route to owning a home.

The Committee is also likely to explore challenges around reselling, affordability issues such as service charges …


Select Committee Inquiry
Fire Safety
Inquiry Opened: 17th Jul 2023
Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee

The purpose of this inquiry is to explore the findings of the Independent Review of the Construction Products Testing Regime, which the Government commissioned following the Grenfell Tower fire to recommend ways of improving the regulation of construction products. For this inquiry, the Committee will take oral evidence from the …


Select Committee Inquiry
The Office for Local Government
Inquiry Opened: 17th Jul 2023
Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee

The Office for Local Government (Oflog) was launched in July 2023 with a vision to provide authoritative and accessible data and analysis about local government performance and support its improvement. Its strategic objectives include empower citizens with information about their local authority; and increasing both local and central government understanding …


Select Committee Inquiry
The finances and sustainability of the social housing sector
Inquiry Opened: 28th Mar 2023
Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee

This inquiry seeks to examine the finances and sustainability of the social housing sector in England. In recent years the financial pressures for social landlords have increased as they face the demands of building new homes, retrofitting existing stock to improve energy efficiency, remediating stock with cladding and other building …


Select Committee Inquiry
Financial Reporting and Audit in Local Authorities
Inquiry Opened: 3rd Mar 2023
Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee

This inquiry will examine a range of issues relating to the purpose, understanding and impact of financial reporting and audit in local authorities. It will scrutinise the role of audit in local accountability and democracy and the extent to which accounts provide a clear picture of the financial sustainability and …


Select Committee Inquiry
Reforms to national planning policy
Inquiry Opened: 2nd Feb 2023
Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee

The Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee will be examining the Government’s current consultation on reforms to national planning policy, looking at the proposed changes to the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) and the Government’s wider approach to planning reform.

The Committee is expected to examine the Government’s proposed changes …