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Private Rented Housing: Safety

Asked by Max WilkinsonLiberal DemocratMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled Answered 17 December 2025UIN 98454

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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of allowing an exemption from Selective Licensing Schemes to be granted to leaseholders whose properties are withi

Answered by Matthew Pennycook

My Department has made no such assessment. We will continue to keep selective licensing regulations under review.

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