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Housing: Construction

Asked by Andy McDonaldLabourMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled Answered 7 January 2025UIN 21318

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of (a) developing and (b) approving a single mandatory consumer code for all housebuilders.

Answered by Matthew Pennycook

The government is committed to improving upon existing means of redress for new build homebuyers for when things go wrong. The government responded to the CMA Housebuilding Study in October 2024 and committed to implementing recommendation 2.1, namely a single mandatory consumer code for housebuilders.

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