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Social Rented Housing

Asked by Andrew GwynneIndependentMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled Answered 9 June 2025UIN 54699

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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment she has made of (a) the adequacy of social housing provision and (b) the length of the waiting lists to access social housing.

Answered by Matthew Pennycook

With over 1.3 million people on social housing registers, the government is clear that there is a chronic shortage of social housing in England. That is why we are committed to the biggest increase in social and affordable housebuilding for a generation.

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