Member

It is fundamental that we address the issue of how we better support young care leavers accessing social housing. As a result of recognising that, the Prime Minister announced on 24 September last year our ambition to do so. One of the important steps forward in this area is to remove the local connection barriers for care leavers, which is fundamental to enabling them to stay within the areas where they have been cared for but might not have family roots. That will ensure that local authorities will not be able to apply the local connection test to any care leaver aged under 25 who is eligible as a relevant child or former relevant child.