Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC; formerly the Ministry for Housing, Communities, and Local Government) is a ministerial department of the Government of the United Kingdom. It is responsible for housing, communities, and local government in England and the levelling up policy. It was established in May 2006 and is the successor to the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, established in 2001. The department shares its headquarters building, at 2 Marsham Street in London, with the Home Office. It was renamed to add Housing to its title, changed to a ministry in January 2018, and later reverted to a government department in the 2021 reshuffle.

Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Department overview
FormedMay 2006 (as the Department for Communities and Local Government)
JurisdictionGovernment of the United Kingdom
Headquarters2 Marsham Street, London, England and
i9 Railway Drive, Wolverhampton, England
Annual budget£28.1 billion (current) & £3.5 billion (capital) for 2011–12
Secretary of State responsible
  • The Rt Hon. Michael Gove MP, Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
    Minister for Intergovernmental Relations
Department executive
  • Sarah Healey, Permanent Secretary
Websitegov.uk/dluhc

There are corresponding departments in the Scottish Government, the Welsh Government, and the Northern Ireland Executive, responsible for communities and local government in their respective jurisdictions.

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