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Select committee: Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee

Exempt Accommodation: Government Response to the Select Committee Report

Published 27 June 2023

Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee Exempt Accommodation Report on parliament.uk ↗

At a glance

The government's response

This document responds to Third Report - Exempt Accommodation.

This is the government's response, published 27 June 2023.

Summary written by Accountability Index from the government's response. It is not the government's own words.

The government says it "strongly welcome[s]" the Committee's recommendations and is supporting the Supported Housing (Regulatory Oversight) Bill, which it believes, "subject to Royal Assent", will address many of the issues raised.

  • On national standards and licensing, the government says it will "formally consult" with the sector to develop the licensing scheme and national standards for support "as soon as possible after Royal Assent".
  • On mandatory registration of all providers with the Regulator of Social Housing, it gives its reasons, including the risk of reclassification of the sector as public, and considers the Bill's measures "better placed" to provide oversight.
  • On rent caps, it says it "cannot effectively determine a standardised rent cap at this point", citing the complexity and range of housing models in the sector.
  • On data, it says research on the size, cost and demand of the sector will be published "by the end of 2023".

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