Constituency casework
Help with paying for historical fire safety work: high-rise blocks (England)
An overview of eligibility for leaseholder protections in the Building Safety Act 2022 and what those protections cover.
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Research Briefing
Support for Mortgage Interest loans
The Support for Mortgage Interest (SMI) loan scheme helps households on means-tested benefits with the interest costs of mortgages and certain other home loans.
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Research Briefing
What is affordable housing?
This briefing explains how affordable housing is defined and looks at trends in housing affordability and the supply of affordable housing.
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Debate Pack
Planning and solar farms
A Westminster Hall debate on planning and solar farms has been scheduled for Wednesday 19 July 2023. The debate will be opened by Dr Caroline Johnson MP.
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Research Briefing
Housing and the cost of living
This paper considers the impact of inflation on rent and mortgage payments and the Government response.
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Research Briefing
Asylum accommodation: hotels, vessels and large-scale sites
A lack of bedspaces has led to hotels being used as contingency asylum accommodation. To reduce reliance on hotels, the Home Office is trying to increase accommodation supply, including by establishing large-scale accommodation sites on government owned land and procuring accommodation barges and other types of vessel.
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Debate Pack
Debate on e-petition 626737 relating to swift bricks
Information for the debate on e-petition 626737 which called on the government to make swift bricks compulsory for new housing
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Debate Pack
General debate on building safety and social housing, to mark six years since the Grenfell Tower tragedy
Information for a debate on 6 July 2023 on building safety and social housing to mark six years since the Grenfell Tower fire.
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Insight
Income and inequality: How does Northern Ireland compare with the UK as a whole?
Income inequality is consistently lower in Northern Ireland than across the UK, both before and after housing costs.
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Research Briefing
Mortgage prisoners
An overview of how many mortgage-holders became trapped in expensive deals, and of efforts made to help resolve the situation.
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Debate Pack
Sustainability of heritage sites across the UK
There will be Westminster Hall debate on the sustainability of heritage sites across the UK on Tuesday 20 June 2023 at 4.30pm. The debate will be led by Jamie Stone MP.
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Research Briefing
Freehold houses: estate charges
Freeholders can be required to pay for upkeep of an estate’s communal areas, this is sometimes called fleecehold. This paper explains proposed Government reforms.
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Research Briefing
Stamp duty land tax on residential property: government policy up to 2021
This briefing covers the policy history of stamp duty land tax on residential property in the decade since 2010.
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Research Briefing
Accountability and scrutiny of Teesworks
This landing page has been prepared for the Opposition day debate on Accountability and scrutiny of Teesworks on 7 June 2023.
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Constituency casework,Research Briefing
The Cladding External Wall System (EWS)
EWS1 forms may be required when selling or re-mortgaging leasehold flats in blocks. Find out about the EWS process and associated issues here.
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