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Affordable Housing: Rural Areas

Asked by Natalie FleetLabourMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled Answered 30 January 2026UIN 107804

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to help ensure that housing developers build an adequate amount of affordable housing in (a) Bolsover constituency and (b) other rural areas.

Answered by Matthew Pennycook

I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN 101017 on 6 January 2026 and to the Written Ministerial Statements made on 2 July 2025 (HCWS771) and 28 January (HCWS1283).

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