Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 73757

Domestic Abuse: Social Rented Housing

Tabled: 1 September 2025
Answered: 9 September 2025

Question

Gideon Amos

Liberal DemocratTaunton and Wellington

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department is taking steps to help prevent victims of financial abuse being barred from bidding on social housing when in temporary accommodation because of debt accr

Answer

Matthew Pennycook
The government is committed to ensuring that those who need to escape from domestic abuse are given as much support and assistance as possible so that they are able to re-build their lives away from abuse and harm. On 24 September, the Prime Minister anno...

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