United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 96
Social Rented Housing: Service Charges
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Introduced
19 December 2019
Last action
13 January 2020 · Answer
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Answered
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Subjects
Housing
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13 January 2020
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans the Government has to protect social housing tenants from unreasonable service charges levied by social landlords.
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19 December 2019
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans the Government has to protect social housing tenants from unreasonable service charges levied by social landlords.
Source: Commons
13 January 2020
Answer
There is no maximum limit on service charges that can be passed on to social rented tenants but they 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. Th...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2019-12-19/96
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1168283
- uk · wq-1168283 · source updated 13 January 2020