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Sixth Report - Protecting the homeless and the private rented sector: MHCLG’s response to Covid-19

Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee HC 1329 Published 31 March 2021

Report Status

Government responded

Conclusions & Recommendations

26 items (18 recs)

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Government Response

AI assessment · 26 of 26 classified

Accepted 11

Accepted in Part 1

Acknowledged 4

Deferred 3

Not Addressed 3

Rejected 4

Government response

Protecting the homeless and the private rented sector: government response to the Select Committee report · published 25 May 2021

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Recommendations & Conclusions

1 item

17 Recommendation Accepted in Part

The Government will fail in its homelessness objectives if it continues to oversee the delivery...

Recommendation

The Government will fail in its homelessness objectives if it continues to oversee the delivery of just a few thousand social rent homes a year. The ongoing shortage of social housing is a clear, long-term obstacle to finding suitable accommodation … Read more

Government Response Summary

The government commits to investing £12 billion in affordable housing over five years, projecting approximately 32,000 social rent homes through a new Affordable Homes Programme, which doubles previous delivery but falls significantly short of the recommended 90,000 social rent homes per year.

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

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