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Social Rented Housing: Waiting Lists

Commons · Question 41983 · Tabled 27 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record

Answered 4 Apr 2025

Question

Asked by Lee Anderson

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to prioritise disabled people on waiting lists for social housing.

Answer

Answered by Matthew Pennycook, 4 Apr 2025

Local authorities are responsible for designing and managing their own housing allocations policies to meet local need but have to do so within the legislative framework set by government. As part of this, they are required to ensure they give ‘reasonable...