Written questions

Social Rented Housing

Commons · Question 98397 · Tabled 9 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record

Answered 17 Dec 2025

Question

Asked by Bob Blackman

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he will take to?remove barriers to accessing a social home for those most in need.

Answer

Answered by Matthew Pennycook, 17 Dec 2025

The government has already taken action to remove barriers for those most in need to access social housing including exempting care leavers under 25 years old and victims of domestic abuse from local connection tests. Local housing authorities and landlor...