Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 98399

Social Rented Housing: Applications

Tabled: 9 December 2025
Answered: 17 December 2025

Question

Bob Blackman

ConservativeHarrow East

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many households?have been denied applications for social homes due to affordability checks; and what alternative options are available for those households?in order to?avoid

Answer

Matthew Pennycook
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...

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