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Housing: Liability

Asked by Mr Lee DillonLiberal DemocratMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled Answered 3 November 2025UIN 82894

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps the Department is taking to ensure that all potential liabilities associated with unadopted assets in the housing sector are (a) identified and (b) accounted for.

Answered by Matthew Pennycook

My Department has not made a specific assessment of the potential liabilities associated with unadopted assets in the housing sector.

An overview of the government’s plans in respect of private and mixed-tenure housing estates can be found in the Written Ministerial Statement I made on 21 November 2024 (HCWS244).

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