John Healey:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government,
how much funding his Department has allocated to the decent homes programme (a)
in each of the last ten years and (b) in each of the next five years.
James Brokenshire:
[Holding answer 25 April 2019]: The number of social homes failing to meet the
Decent Homes standard fell by 32 per cent between 2010 and 2017. Between 2011
and 2016 we provided a total of £1.76 billion to 45 councils across England to
help them tackle their backlog of non-compliant homes. It helped to make over
158,000 homes meet the relevant standards. Private registered providers – such
as housing associations - are expected to maintain their homes to the Decent
Homes Standard using their own resources. In the year to March 2018, private
registered providers spent £1.7 billion on capital improvements to existing
stock. The Social Housing Green Paper asked whether there are any changes to
what constitutes a decent home that we should consider.
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