Social Rented Housing – Parliamentary Written Answer

Caroline Nokes: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what assistance his Department is providing for the re-housing of residents who are under-occupying their homes.
Andrew Stunell: This Department has allocated £13 million over the next four years to help local authorities support under-occupying social tenants who wish to move, as well as funding an action team within the Chartered Institute of Housing to work with all social landlords to help them promote moves. We are also making it easier for landlords to address under-occupation by increasing mobility, through changes to the allocation rules contained in the Localism Bill and the introduction of a national home swap scheme.