Committees

Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee

Commons Select Committee

The Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee scrutinises the policy, administration and spending of the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. It is is made up of MPs from across the House of Commons. You can follow the Committee on X (formerly Twitter) @CommonsHCLG.

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5 current inquiries

Inquiries allow committees to consider oral and written evidence on a particular topic. They usually result in the publication of a report.

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Grenfell and Building Safety
Opened 4 March 2025
Delivering 1.5 million new homes: Land Value Capture
Opened 22 January 2025
The Funding and Sustainability of Local Government Finance
Opened 11 December 2024
Rough Sleeping
Opened 6 November 2024
Children in Temporary Accommodation
Report:
Published
On 3 April 2025
Govt. response:
Published
On 16 June 2025
Opened 31 October 2024

Non-inquiry work

Non-inquiry sessions
Non-inquiry sessions are brief packages of work that will not necessarily result in a report. They may be used to revisit previous inquiry topics or take evidence on a topical matter.
Pre-appointment hearings
People nominated to certain public offices may be examined by a committee to assess their suitability and plans for the role.
Legislative scrutiny
Legislative scrutiny focuses on a particular piece of legislation, sometimes in draft form. The committee might consider it in private, or may take evidence.

Latest news

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Children in temporary accommodation - Government’s response "disappointingly lacking in detail", says Committee Chair
The Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee has today published the Government’s response to the Committee’s report on England’s Homeless Children: The crisis in temporary accommodation.
16 June 2025
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Spending Review – £39bn affordable homes investment must deliver boost to social housing, says Chair of Housing Committee
Florence Eshalomi, Chair of the cross-party Housing, Communities and Local Government (HCLG) Committee, has commented on the Chancellor’s Spending Review.
11 June 2025
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1.5 million new homes, and net zero by 2050: can the Government do both? Latest episode of Committee Corridor podcast tackles the housing crisis
Listen to Committee Corridor episode 4 now
5 June 2025

Upcoming events

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Tuesday 24 June 2025
10:00am Public
Community Cohesion - Oral evidence 24 June 2025
10:00am
  • Imam Ibrahim Hussein (Chair at Southport Mosque)
  • Jabeer Butt (CEO at Race Equality Foundation)
  • Baroness Shaista Gohir OBE (CEO at Muslim Women’s Network UK)
  • Carrie Alderton (CEO at Faith Belief Forum)
10:45am
  • Dame Sara Khan
  • Carly Walker-Dawson (Interim Co-CEO at Involve UK)
  • Professor Ted Cantle CBE
The Grimond Room, Portcullis House

Latest publications

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Letter from the Secretary of State to the Chair dated 10 June 2025 concerning the Vagrancy Act 1824
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Correspondence
Letter from the Minister of State for Local Government and English Devolution to the Chair dated 12 June 2025 concerning the Croydon Improvement and Assurance Panel
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Correspondence
1st Report - England’s Homeless Children: The crisis in temporary accommodation
Inquiry Children in Temporary Accommodation
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HC 338
Report
Response to this report
4th Special Report - England’s Homeless Children: The Crisis in Temporary Accommodation: Government Response
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HC 979
Special Report

Contact us

  • Email: hclgcom@parliament.uk
  • Phone: 020 7219 6232 (general enquiries) | 020 7219 7556 (media inquiries)
  • Address: Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA