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Social Rented Housing: Eligibility

Commons · Question 47157 · Tabled 22 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record

Answered 30 Apr 2025

Question

Asked by Ben Maguire

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of reforming social housing eligibility criteria to include families local to the area being considered who cann

Answer

Answered by Matthew Pennycook, 30 Apr 2025

Local authorities are responsible for designing and managing their own social housing allocations policies to meet local need, including setting qualification criteria appropriate to their local area. These schemes are governed by a legal framework set by...