Rented Housing: Health
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her Department's policies of the report by Citizens Advice entitled Building healthier foundations: How to improve access to healthy housing for all, published on 20 May 2026.
Answered by Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
The government has noted the findings of the Citizens Advice report in question and recognises the important links between housing quality, affordability, security, and health outcomes.
We have overhauled the regulation of the private rented sector; are driving a transformational and lasting change in the safety and quality of social housing; and are delivering the biggest increase in social and affordable housing in a generation.
We recognise the pressures facing private renters and will keep Local Housing Allowance rates under review, alongside providing housing support through the Crisis and Resilience Fund.
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