Housing standards
This page highlights some of the current parliamentary material available on housing standards. This includes select committee reports, briefing papers on current legislation and other subjects produced by the parliamentary research services, and the latest Early Day Motions put down by MPs.
Standard Notes
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 04.06.2013 | Empty housing |
| Empty housing. By Wendy Wilson. SN/SP/3012. This note outlines local authorities' powers to tackle empty housing; discusses Government action around this issue and sets out the further measures that campaigning organisations are requesting. | |
| 04.06.2013 | Housing Market Renewal Pathfinders |
| This note provides information on the Housing Market Renewal Pathfinder programme which was initiated under the Labour Government. | |
| 11.01.2013 | Constituency casework: housing (England) |
| A guide to sources for answering common constituents' housing problems. | |
| 27.07.2011 | Dealing with infestations in privately rented property |
| This note explains how tenants can determine who is responsible for eradicating infestations and what sort of assistance the local authority might offer. | |
| 16.05.2011 | Housing: construction defects |
| Housing: construction defects. By Wendy Wilson. SN/SP/2030. This note outlines assistance available for owners of homes that are of a defective construction type. |
Research Papers
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 18.03.2008 | Housing and Regeneration Bill: Committee Stage Report |
| 22.11.2007 | Housing and Regeneration Bill, Bill 8 of 2007-08 |
| Housing and Regeneration Bill. (Bill 8 of 2007/08). House of Commons Library Research Paper 07/79. | |
| 29.01.2004 | Sustainable and Secure Buildings Bill (Bill 15 2003/04) |
| Sustainable and Secure Buildings Bill (Bill 15 2003/04). House of Commons Library Research Paper 04/10. | |
| 05.01.2004 | Housing Bill (Bill 11 2003/04) |
| Housing Bill (Bill 11 2003/04). House of Commons Library Research Paper 04/02. | |
| 07.08.2003 | Delivering the decent homes standards social landlords options and progress |
| Delivering the Decent Homes Standard:social landlords' options and progress. House of Commons Library Research Paper 03/65. |
Early Day Motions
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 27.10.2010 | ADACTUS HOUSING ASSOCIATION |
| That this House expresses deep concern about the failure of Adactus Housing Association of Manchester to reply to repeated correspondence, dating back to early July 2010, from the right ... | |
| 06.04.2010 | MANSFIELD DISTRICT COUNCIL DISTRICT HEATING SYSTEM |
| That this House notes that the UK has just recently experienced one of the coldest winter periods of the past century; is therefore alarmed by reports of the plight of local council ... | |
| 03.12.2009 | DECENT HOMES FUNDING |
| That this House is deeply concerned that funding has been redirected from the Decent Homes Programme to pay for new build homes; notes that this means that any Arms Length Management ... | |
| 19.11.2009 | ASBESTOS IN HOMES |
| That this House condemns the action of Testway Housing in Hampshire in failing to remove asbestos from as many as 60 homes in Romsey before a promised deadline; notes with concern reports ... | |
| 10.11.2009 | SAFE AS HOUSES CAMPAIGN |
| That this House congratulates Inside Housing on the Safe as Houses campaign to raise awareness about housing safety standards, following the Lakanal House fire, which tragically claimed ... |
