Select Committee · Public Accounts Committee
Unlocking land for housing
Status: Open
Opened: 12 Dec 2025
A shortage of land is cited by government as underpinning the housing crisis. The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) supports programmes aimed at boosting land supply for housing development which is deemed necessary to ‘unlock’. This could be land not currently viable or attractive enough for development through the market alone. MHCLG …
Oral evidence sessions
| Date | Witnesses | |
|---|---|---|
| 21 May 2026 | Alison Crofton · Homes England, Alison Crofton · Homes England, Amy Rees · HMPPS, Cathy Francis · Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government, Joanna Key · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, Sarah Healey · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport | View ↗ |
Correspondence
| Date | Direction | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 21 May 2026 | To cttee | Letter from the Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Housing, Communities and… |