Housing Minister Kit Malthouse to face Lords' questions on delivering generational fairness in housing provision
The House of Lords Committee on Intergenerational Fairness will next week take evidence from Housing Minister Kit Malthouse MP as it explores how different generations are affected by housing need and what can be done to encourage community engagement across generations.
The Committee will ask Mr Malthouse how housing inequality is contributing to intergenerational imbalances and whether government policies to alleviate young people's concerns about access to housing have focused too much on subsidies for first time buyers rather than support for tenants. The Committee will also question Mr Malthouse on how the Government is planning housing provision for an ageing population, as well as how Government is supporting and encouraging community initiatives.
The session will start at 11:40am on Tuesday 11 December in Committee Room 2 of the House of Lords. Questions the Committee will put to Mr Malthouse include:
- How confident is he that the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government can effectively plan of the long-term interests of different ages? Can they model the effects of policies on different cohorts as they age?
- Should planning policies be required to make specific provision for first time buyers as well as different age groups?
- How will the Government improve the operation of the private rented sector? When will it publish its response to the consultation on longer tenancies?
- What is the Government doing to support intergenerational mortgage products?
- Is the Government doing enough to ensure long-term funding for community initiatives?
- Can the Government do more to support community initiatives that bring together different generations?
