Social Rented Housing: Death

Summary

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what guidance his Department has issued to (a) local housing authorities and registered providers of social housing on the handling of tenancies following the death of a sole ten

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1. 18 May 2026

   Written question

   To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what guidance his Department has issued to (a) local housing authorities and registered providers of social housing on the handling of tenancies following the death of a sole ten

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2. 27 May 2026

   Answer

   The government does not collect data on rent debt accrued against the estate of a deceased sole tenant.When a sole tenant dies, where a tenancy is not legally ended immediately, rent continues to accrue until the tenancy is legally brought to an end. Any ...

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