Select committee: Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee
Recommendation 2
3rd Report: Building more social housing
Published 27 Jul 2020
Paragraph 23
Addressed to Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee Long-term delivery of social and affordable rented housing All items in this report Report on parliament.uk ↗ Inquiry on parliament.uk ↗
Recommendation (the committee's words)
We believe rents are only affordable when they do not exceed one third of household income. There are numerous ways to define this income and other related factors and the Government should identify its preferred method, in consultation with the Local Government Association, the National Housing Federation, Shelter, and other key players in the sector. It is crucial that the Government links local incomes to a definition of affordability, rather than using “affordable” as a synonym for below market rent or market value.
From: Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee, 3rd Report: Building more social housing (HC 173), paragraph 23, 27 July 2020
Government response
The government responded to the whole report on 14 October 2020 (deadline 27 September 2020).