, Chair of the
cross-party Housing, Communities and Local Government (HCLG)
Committee, has commented on the Chancellor's Spending Review.
The HCLG Committee has also announced that on Tuesday 8 July it
will question Rt Hon MP, Deputy Prime Minister
and Secretary of State for the Ministry of Housing, Communities
and Local Government (MHCLG) on the Spending Review.
, Chair of the
Housing, Communities and Local Government (HCLG)
Committee said: “The Chancellor's announcement of £39bn
for affordable homes is welcome and will play an important role
in efforts to deliver on the Government's goal of building 1.5
million new homes in this Parliament.
“Decades of failure to build the social homes we need means that
a record 126,000 families face the scourge of homelessness,
spending years in so called ‘temporary accommodation' while their
health, work and education suffers. Today must be a turning point
where we finally deliver the social homes people need up and down
the country. We will be urging the Government to be clear on just
how many social homes they expect this capital investment to
deliver and whether they will set a target for Social Rent homes
in the long-term housing strategy.
“MHCLG has a busy and important agenda; supporting councils who
are in a precarious financial state, on building safety, on
leasehold and renters reform, and on tackling rough sleeping.
Getting these things right is critical for people right across
England, and there are concerns that the level of spending
outlined in Spending Review may leave these areas without the
support they need. We look forward to questioning the Secretary
of State on how the Spending Review will deliver on her
Department's priorities next month.”
On Tuesday 8 July, from 3.30pm, the HCLG Committee will question
Rt Hon MP, Secretary of State, and
CB CVO, Permanent Secretary,
MHCLG.
