CHIC hosted a Round Table Discussion in Wolverhampton with Marcus Jones MP, the Minister for Housing and Planning at the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities appointed in July.
This was the first time the Minister had met with senior representatives from the affordable housing sector. Present at the gathering were CHIC members, social housing landlords, and CHIC’s supply chain partners, contractors, consultants, merchants and manufacturers.
This paper provides a summary of the key issues raised with the Minister, as being of real concern to the sector. CHIC’s Chair introduced the session and welcomed the Minister. As a precursor to the discussion Marcus Jones MP explained he was aware that there were very real issues troubling tenants at present, around the impact of inflation on gas and electricity prices, but that social housing landlords also had inflationary pressures on rents, needing to fund investment to achieve ‘net zero’, resident safety and compliance. He was here to listen and to learn.
