Two candidates have been nominated to chair the Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee:
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@ShaunDaviesMP
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@FloEshalomi
MPs will elect a Chair on Wednesday. Find out more 👇
Our Chair, Clive Betts MP, has raised concerns about the possibility of fake signatures being used on
#EWS1
forms during property sales.
Read his correspondence with the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and the Fire Industry Association 👇
We've published evidence from our inquiry on improving the home buying and selling process in England.
It includes
@LUHC
's acknowledgement that this process can be "expensive, time-consuming and stressful" for consumers and professionals.
Read more 👉
Steve Tuckwell, MP for Uxbridge and South Ruislip, has joined the Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee.
Welcome to the Committee,
@Tuckwell_Steve
.
We heard how complicated the home buying and selling process has become in England.
Kate Faulkner OBE from the Home Buying & Selling Group said even a simple house purchase can involve 15 different companies.
Find out more about our inquiry 👉
Around 90,000 social rent homes are needed every year to plug England’s social housing shortages and setting an annual target gives a ‘clear direction’ to housebuilders, according to MPs on the
@CommonsLUHC
. 🏘️
@LGeraghty23
reports. 👇
The range of financial pressures facing social housing providers has exacerbated a chronic shortage of social housing in England.
The Government must invest in building new social homes 👇