Ministerial role

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Homelessness and Democracy )

Organisations: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Responsibilities

• Homelessness and rough sleeping
• Housing delivery and strategy engagement
• Homeownership and homebuying process
• Supported housing and domestic abuse
• Elections policy and delivery
• Planning casework

Previous holders of this role

1. Rushanara Ali MP

   2024 to 2025

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• Correspondence between the Minister for Homelessness and Democracy, and the Chair, CSPL, on the government's electoral reform strategy
  • 06 August 2025
  • Transparency
• Elections strategy and review outcomes: Sector update letter
  • 17 July 2025
  • Correspondence
• 16 year olds to be given right to vote through election reforms
  • 16 July 2025
  • Press release
• Rough sleeping to be decriminalised after 200 years 
  • 10 June 2025
  • Press release
• Security support for local election candidates during campaign
  • 10 April 2025
  • News story
• Emergency homelessness fund boosted to £60 million
  • 25 February 2025
  • News story
• Emergency cash tripled for rough sleepers this winter
  • 20 January 2025
  • News story
• Largest ever cash boost to turn the tide on homelessness
  • 18 December 2024
  • Press release
• Fixing unsafe buildings must be faster, Deputy Prime Minister tells roundtable of regulators and partners
  • 29 August 2024
  • Press release

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