Contact the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) is central to the mission-driven government, from fixing the foundations of an affordable home to handing power back to communities and rebuilding local governments.

MHCLGis a ministerial department, supported by 18 agencies and public bodies.

Before you start

MHCLG is responsible for:

• building safety

• communities and faith

• democracy and elections

• Grenfell Community, Inquiry, Tower and Memorial

• housing

• homelessness and rough sleeping

• local government and English devolution

• planning

• regional and local growth

You can read more about what we do. If your message is not about one of these areas, you should send it directly to the relevant department, agency or public body.

We aim to respond to correspondence within 20 working days, when a response is required.

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• contains offensive language

• has already been answered in a previous reply to you

• is illegible

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• is for information only

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As we receive a large volume of correspondence in connection with campaigns and petitions, we may not always send individual responses.

When you send us your petition or campaign correspondence you must make it clear if you do not want details of your petition or campaign, or our response, to be published online (even without names and addresses of the petitioners).

More information is available on how to petition the government.

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