Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government

Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government	Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government	Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government	Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government	Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government
 	 	 	 	
Incumbent 	Incumbent 	 	 	
Mainline421 	Mainline421 	 	 	
since 15th November 2020 	since 15th November 2020 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	
Category 	Cabinet position 	 	 	
Style 	The Right HonourableHousing Secretary 	 	 	
Inaugural holder 	maze.e 	 	 	
Number of Housing Secretaries 	21 	 	 	
The Housing Secretary, known in full as the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, is an official within the Government of the United Kingdom and head of the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government. The office is a cabinet-level position. The position of Housing Secretary is currently held by Mainline421, who was appointed to the role by Prime Minister Saracen's Fez on 15th November 2020.
The responsibilities of the Housing Secretary include overseeing: building regulations, decentralisation, fire services, housing, local government, planning, race equality, and urban regeneration.
The Housing Secretary often works closely with the Secretary of State for the Home Department due to the overlap between their respective roles.
== Statements of Intent and Departmental Reviews ==
Housing Secretaries have produced the following statements of intent and departmental reviews:
Type 	Communities Secretary	Released 	Result
Statement of Intent	Lipvig 	April 2012	Passed without vote
Statement of Intent	jamestg 	July 2016 	Passed without vote
== List of Housing Secretaries ==
maze.e was appointed as the first Housing Secretary for the Labour Party following the sixth general election and since him, there have been 20 other Housing Secretaries:
Housing Secretary	Alternative Role 	Party	Party 	Took office 	Left office
maze.e 	Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 	 	Labour 	December 2007 	May 2008
Wednesday Bass 	Secretary of State for Devolution and Local Government 	 	Conservative 	September 2010	October 2010
adamrules247 	Secretary of State for Local Government 	 	Conservative 	November 2010 	March 2011
xXedixXx 	Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 	 	Labour 	April 2011 	October 2011
Lipvig 	Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 	 	Conservative 	April 2012 	September 2012
Angry Spartan 	Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 	 	Libertarian 	April 2013 	August 2013
abrack 	Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 	 	Socialist 	April 2014 	October 2014
Jean-Luc Picard 	Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 	 	Green 	October 2014 	February 2015
Little Toy Gun 	Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 	 	Green 	February 2015 	April 2015
DanE1998 	Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 	 	Labour 	May 2015 	July 2015
emiloujess 	(combined with Secretary of State for Transport) 	 	Liberal 	October 2015 	November 2015
Tahret 	(combined with Secretary of State for Transport) 	 	Liberal 	November 2015 	December 2015
PetrosAC 	(combined with Secretary of State for the Home Department)	 	Liberal 	December 2015 	April 2016
Jamestg 	Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 	 	Conservative 	April 2016 	October 2016
Saracen's Fez 	Secretary of State for Communities and the Nations 	 	Labour 	August 2017 	November 2017
Andrew97 	Secretary of State for Infrastructure 	 	Conservative 	December 2018 	July 2019
Samuel J. Booker 	Secretary of State for Infrastructure 	 	Labour 	July 2019 	September 2019
Mainline421 	Secretary of State for Infrastructure 	 	Liberal Democrat	September 2019	December 2019
yaseen1000 	Secretary of State for Infrastructure 	 	Labour 	December 2019 	April 2020
Aph 	(combined with Secretary of State for the Home Department)	 	Citizen's 	May 2020 	November 2020
Mainline421 	 	 	Liberal Democrat	November 2020 	incumbent
Category:Cabinet positions