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Press release

New measures to improve building safety standards

Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick has announced new measures which go faster and further to improve building safety.

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Press release

Government announces £8 million cash boost for vibrant new communities

Funds allocated to deliver up to 200,000 new homes in garden towns and villages and for councils to support new neighbourhood plans.

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Press release

Government announces new Town of the Year competition

Competition aims to celebrate towns’ achievements, including in areas such as entrepreneurship, technology, community, enterprise, and integration.

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Press release

Government confirms extra support for Troubled Families to succeed

Up to £165 million new funding to help families get their lives back on track announced.

Building Safety Programme

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Building Safety Programme

The programme was established to make sure that residents of high-rise buildings are safe – and feel safe – now, and in the future.

Grenfell Tower

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Grenfell Tower

Information relating to the fire at Grenfell Tower.

Latest from the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government

  1. Sustainable Urban Development (ICT, SME Support and Low Carbon): call in Nottingham (OC08R20S 1045)
    • ESI fund
  2. Local authority housing statistics: proposed changes
    • Consultation outcome
  3. Building (Amendment) Regulations 2018: frequently asked questions
    • Guidance

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What the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government does

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government’s (formerly the Department for Communities and Local Government) job is to create great places to live and work, and to give more power to local people to shape what happens in their area.

MHCLG is a ministerial department, supported by 13 agencies and public bodies.

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Services

  1. Check your Council Tax band
  2. Apply for or renew a Blue Badge
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Guidance and regulation

  1. How to rent
    • Guidance
  2. Assured tenancy forms
    • Detailed guide
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News and communications

  1. New measures to improve building safety standards
    • Press release
  2. Housing Secretary pledges new funding to crackdown on criminal landlords
    • Press release
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Research and statistics

  1. Building Safety Programme: monthly data release - December 2019
    • Research
  2. Live tables on social housing sales
    • Statistical data set
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Policy papers and consultations

  1. Local authority housing statistics: proposed changes
    • Consultation outcome
  2. Grenfell Tower Inquiry Phase 1 report: government response
    • Policy paper
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Transparency and freedom of information releases

  1. MHCLG: spending over £250, May 2019
    • Transparency
  2. MHCLG: spending over £0, May 2019
    • Transparency
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Our ministers

Robert Jenrick MP

The Rt Hon

Robert Jenrick MP
Esther McVey MP

The Rt Hon

Esther McVey MP
Jake Berry MP

The Rt Hon

Jake Berry MP
Luke Hall MP
Luke Hall MP
Viscount Younger of Leckie
Viscount Younger of Leckie
Chris Philp MP
Chris Philp MP

Our management

Melanie Dawes CB
Melanie Dawes CB
Permanent Secretary
Catherine Frances
Director General, Local Government and Public Services
Jeremy Pocklington
Director General, Housing
Emran Mian
Director General, Decentralisation and Growth
Rachel McLean
Director General, Chief Financial Officer
Lise-Anne Boissiere
Director, Strategy, Communications and Private Office
Ruth Bailey
Director, People, Capability and Change
Michael Jary
Lead Non-Executive Director
Dame Mary Ney DBE
Non-Executive Director
Pam Chesters CBE
Non-Executive Director
Professor Alan Penn
MHCLG Chief Scientific Adviser

Special representatives

Lord Pickles

The Rt Hon

Lord Pickles
United Kingdom Special Envoy for post-Holocaust issues

Contact MHCLG

Office address and general enquiries

2 Marsham Street
London
SW1P 4DF
United Kingdom

Contact Form: Office address and general enquiries

General enquiries: please use this number if you are a member of the public

030 3444 0000

Media enquiries

Email

newsdesk@communities.gov.uk

Please use this number if you are a journalist wishing to speak to Press Office

0303 444 1209

Make an FOI request

  1. Read about the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act and how to make a request.
  2. Check our previous releases to see if we’ve already answered your question.
  3. Make a new request by contacting us using the details below.

Freedom of Information requests

Knowledge & Information Access Team
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
2nd floor NW, Fry Building
2 Marsham Street
London
SW1P 4DF
United Kingdom

Email

mhclgcorrespondence@communities.gov.uk

High profile groups within MHCLG

  1. Windrush Commemoration Committee

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  2. Working for MHCLG
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