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Written question asked by Jon Pearce (Labour) on Monday, 29 July 2024, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 2 September 2024. It was answered by Rushanara Ali (Labour) on Thursday, 5 September 2024 on behalf of the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.

Housing: Overcrowding

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department has made of the implications for her policies of trends in the number of people living in overcrowded housing in High Peak constituency.

Answer

The English Housing Survey sets out levels of overcrowding, damp and mould in people’s homes and can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/english-housing-survey. In 2022/23 the survey found that 19% of homes in the East Midlands did not meet the Decent Homes standard. Nationwide, 10% of private renters were living with damp and mould, followed by 7% of local authority renters, 4% of those in housing associations and 2% of owner occupiers. The survey found 12% of households that were overcrowded were likely to live in a home with damp problems present compared with 4% of those that were not overcrowded.

We are committed to decent, warm and safe homes of all tenures, and will say more on raising standards across the country this autumn.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
2176
Session
2024-26
Grouped for answer
Yes
Subjects
Housing Overcrowding High Peak
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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