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UIN 96

Social Rented Housing: Service Charges

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answeredUnited Kingdom· UK Parliament· EN

Introduced

19 December 2019

Last action

13 January 2020 · Answer

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Answered

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Housing

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13 January 2020

Housing

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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  1. 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

  2. 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...

    Source: Written answer

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