{"value":{"id":805437,"askingMemberId":4464,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2017-12-12T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2017-12-18T00:00:00","uin":"119108","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he plans to start the consultation on his proposals to limit increases for social rents to CPI + 1 for five years from 2020.","answeringBodyId":7,"answeringBodyName":"Department for Communities and Local Government","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":true,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":4014,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2017-12-18T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>The Government has announced plans to set a long term rent deal for housing associations and councils. Under the proposal announced in October, annual social rent increases will be limited to CPI+1 per cent for 5 years from 2020. This will be reflected in a draft direction from the Secretary of State to the Social Housing Regulator, which the Government will consult on in 2018 with a view to issuing the direction before the end of 2018.</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Social Rented Housing: Rents","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/805437","method":"GET"}]}