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Affordable Housing: Rents

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31 October 2022

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14 November 2022 · Answer

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Housing

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14 November 2022

Housing

Summary

To ask His Majesty's Government, given the current definition of affordable housing in the National Planning Policy Framework, whether they consider that rents set at 80 per cent of market rates should continue to be described as 'affordable rent' when th

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  1. 31 October 2022

    Written question

    To ask His Majesty's Government, given the current definition of affordable housing in the National Planning Policy Framework, whether they consider that rents set at 80 per cent of market rates should continue to be described as 'affordable rent' when th

    Source: Lords

  2. 14 November 2022

    Answer

    There are no plans to change the definition of affordable housing set out in the National Planning Policy Framework. The definition makes it clear that 80% is the ceiling that social housing providers have to meet in order for it to be classified as affor...

    Source: Written answer

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