Member

Amendment 63 from the noble Lord, Lord Holmes of Richmond, seeks to require priority social housing allocations to be given to vulnerable households. However, as I have just set out, the allocations framework already requires that local authorities give reasonable preference or priority to homeless households and people who need to move on medical or welfare grounds, including grounds relating to disability. An additional preference is for former members of the Armed Forces with urgent housing needs. These categories cover the groups most in need highlighted by the noble Lord, so we do not think it is needed.