Housing standards
Housing standards news from UK Parliament.
Renters' Rights Bill enters Lords report stage
Members discuss changes to financial penalties and renter security. Find out more
11 July 2025
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.
03 July 2025
Industry and Regulators Committee seeks views on Building Safety Regulator
Call for evidence published for inquiry into the Building Safety Regulator
18 June 2025
Warm homes retrofit failures pushing UK clean, secure energy targets further off track, say MPs
In a report today the Energy Security and Net Zero Committee says poorly designed retrofit schemes, a “skills crisis” and costly assurance failures have significantly set back efforts to decarbonise home heating and bring down energy bills.
21 May 2025
Renters' Rights Bill concludes Lords committee stage
Members consider changes on mobility aids, no-fault evictions and Right to Buy in rural areas as detailed scrutiny wraps up. Find out more
16 May 2025
Housing Committee calls for independent national oversight mechanism to ensure Grenfell inquiry recommendations are implemented
The Government should introduce an independent national oversight mechanism and not be‘left marking its own homework’ when implementing the recommendations of the Grenfell Tower inquiry, says the cross-party Housing, Communities and Local Government (HCLG) Committee in a letter to Secretary of State Angela Rayner published today (Wednesday).
13 May 2025
Government accepts majority of Committee’s recommendations on improving Service Accommodation
The Defence Committee today publishes the Government response to its report on Service Accommodation, in which the Government accepts the majority of the Committee’s recommendations for improving the quality of accommodation available to Service Personnel.
03 March 2025
New inquiry: Building support for the energy transition
The ability of the Government to make difficult decisions and change the way in which energy is generated and used in the UK will depend on being able to bring people along with it.
19 February 2025
Renters' Rights Bill on Lords agenda
Housing legislation debated by members at second reading. Catch up
05 February 2025
Accommodation for service personnel and families is “shocking”: Government needs to act
A Defence Committee Report published today finds that accommodation for Service personnel and their families is “shocking”, with two-thirds of Service Family Accommodation (SFA) needing major work to meet modern standards, and families facing uncertainty over allocation of accommodation.
11 December 2024
Lords debates Grenfell Tower Inquiry
Members discuss inquest reports on the June 2017 London tenement fire. Catch up
25 November 2024
Levelling Up Committee publishes Disabled people in the housing sector report
Levelling Up Committee publishes Disabled people in the housing sector report
24 May 2024
Renters (Reform) Bill debate in the Lords
Fixed-term assured tenancies legislation considered by the House at second reading. Catch up
16 May 2024
Four short debates in the Lords
A national housing strategy, the AUKUS agreement, burying overhead transmission lines and health workers in Myanmar up for debate in the House of Lords. Catch up
01 March 2024
Private members' bills in the Lords in the 2022-23 session
Follow the progress of private members' bills in the House of Lords during the 2022-23 session of Parliament
25 August 2023