Select committee: Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee
Recommendation 6
3rd Report: Building more social housing
Published 27 Jul 2020
Paragraph 45
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)
The Government’s public land disposal strategy needs a wholesale re-design, not more of the same. We recommend the Government thinks less about disposal, and more about assembly. Homes England should take a central role in co-ordinating public land to be used for social housing, by being tasked with identifying suitable land, including a joined-up approach with land owned by local authorities, as well as purchasing private land suitable for social housing. With our suggested reforms to the Land Compensation Act 1961, this land would be easier to purchase and more affordable.
From: Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee, 3rd Report: Building more social housing (HC 173), paragraph 45, 27 July 2020
Government response
The government responded to the whole report on 14 October 2020 (deadline 27 September 2020).