United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 898
Social Rented Housing: Service Charges
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Introduced
12 May 2021
Last action
21 May 2021 · Answer
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Answered
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Housing
Source updated
21 May 2021
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of a cap on service charge rises at the rate of CPI inflation for social housing tenants.
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12 May 2021
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of a cap on service charge rises at the rate of CPI inflation for social housing tenants.
Source: Commons
21 May 2021
Answer
All service charges must be set in line with the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 with service charges payable only to the extent that the costs have been reasonably incurred. The reasonableness of the service charge a social housing landlord is seeking will ...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2021-05-12/898
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1313837
- uk · wq-1313837 · source updated 21 May 2021