Social housing conditions - Levelling Up Committee hears from tenants and Daniel Hewitt, ITV News
10 March 2022
On Monday from 4pm, the Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (LUHC) Committee holds the latest oral evidence session for its inquiry into the regulation of social housing in England.
- Parliament TV: Watch the sesson live
- Inquiry: The Regulation of Social Housing
- Read the inquiry terms of reference
- Submit your evidence
- Levelling Up and Housing Committee
The purpose of the session
The LUHC Committee will hear from Daniel Hewitt, Political Correspondent, ITV News, whose reporting has highlighted a series of concerns regarding poor social housing conditions, and from tenants Angela Price and Nicole Walters, who have previously spoken about their experiences in social housing.
Social housing is housing let at below-market rates by housing associations, local authorities and other providers.
The evidence session will focus on the ITV News investigation and, in particular, on Angela’s and Nicole’s stories. Both approached ITV after experiencing serious damp and mould in their flats that their landlords had repeatedly failed to fix.
The LUHC’s inquiry is examining concerns about the quality of social housing, with a focus on the ability of the Regulator of Social Housing and the Housing Ombudsman to identify and address problems. The inquiry is also focussing on the proposals in the Government’s social housing White Paper aimed at improving the regulatory regime.
Witnesses:
Monday 14 March 2022
From 4pm
- Daniel Hewitt, Political Correspondent, ITV News
- Angela Price, Guinness Homes tenant (living in Manchester)
- Nicole Walters, Southwark Council tenant
Further information
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