6 current inquiries
Inquiries allow committees to consider oral and written evidence on a particular topic. They usually result in the publication of a report.
Housing Conditions in England
Written evidence:
Accepting
Deadline 15 August 2025
Opened 3 July 2025
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
Housing conditions in England – Housing Committee launches new inquiry looking at social housing & private rented sectors
The Housing, Communities and Local Government (HCLG) Committee has today launched a new inquiry examining housing conditions in England, looking at the prevalence of hazards such as damp and mould in the social housing and private rented sectors, and scrutinising how effective policies to improve housing conditions are likely to be.
3 July 2025
Social and affordable homes – Florence Eshalomi MP, Chair of Housing Committee, responds to Government announcement
Florence Eshalomi, Chair of the cross-party Housing, Communities and Local Government (HCLG) Committee, has commented on the Government’s housing announcement on Social and Affordable Housing Renewal.
2 July 2025
Housing Committee presses property management companies on fees, complaint handling, and services
Florence Eshalomi, Chair of the cross-party Housing, Communities and Local Government (HCLG) Committee has written to property management companies FirstPort and Rendall & Rittner over the transparency of fees and the handling of complaints, as part of the Committee’s broader look at property management companies.
2 July 2025
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- 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