Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 88431
Housing: Care Leavers
Tabled: 5 November 2025
Answered: 17 November 2025
Question
Lisa Smart
Liberal Democrat — Hazel Grove
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to ensure that care leavers are able to remain in areas they have (a) links to and (b) family connections in.
Answer
Matthew PennycookLocal authorities have discretion to manage their housing registers (waiting lists) and are free to develop solutions that make best use of their social housing stock. Many local authorities have adopted a residency or local connection test for social hou...
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