Committees

Long-term delivery of social and affordable rented housing

Inquiry

The Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee has re-launched its inquiry to examine the long-term delivery of social and affordable rented housing. 

The Government has set a target of delivering 300,000 new homes per year by the mid-2020s. However, current expectations mean that as little as 3% of this target could be social homes built by local authorities. Housing charity Shelter has warned that over 3 million new social home would need to be built over a 20 year period to address social housing need. Amounting to 150,000 new social homes per year this is significantly higher than the Government’s current plans. 

The re-launched inquiry will investigate the effectiveness of the Government’s current strategies to boost social and affordable rented housing provision. This will include the adequacy of funding levels, as well as programmes and incentives for key stakeholders, such as local authorities and housing associations, to stimulate delivery. 

The Committee will also look at the challenges facing different areas of the country and consider what lessons can be learnt from successful schemes in other countries.

Evidence received for the inquiry in the previous Parliament can be found here.

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Past events

Monday 8 June 2020
2:30pm Public
Long-term delivery of social and affordable rented housing - Oral evidence 8 June 2020
2:30pm
  • Tom Copley (Deputy Mayor for Housing and Residential Development at Greater London Authority)
  • Nick Walkley (Chief Executive at Homes England)
3:15pm
  • Rt Hon Christopher Pincher MP (Minister of State for Housing at Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government)
  • Tracey Waltho (Director General, Housing and Building Safety at Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government)
Virtual meeting
Monday 9 March 2020
4:00pm Public
Long-term delivery of social and affordable rented housing - Oral evidence 9 March 2020
4:00pm
  • George Clarke
4:45pm
  • Rachel Blake (Member for Planning, Air Quality and Tackling Poverty at London Borough of Tower Hamlets)
  • Philip Glanville (Member of the Environment, Economy, Housing and Transport Board at Local Government Association)
  • Lynnie Hinnigan (Cabinet Member for Housing at Liverpool City Council)
  • Richard Johnson (Executive Councillor for Housing at Cambridge City Council)
The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House

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