Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 111681

Social Rented Housing: Asylum

Tabled: 9 February 2026

Answered: 23 February 2026

Question

Sir James Cleverly

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the A National Plan to End Homelessness, 11 December 2025, CP1452, whether the new requirement for social housing landlords to rehouse statutory homeless househ

Answer

Matthew Pennycook

Asylum seekers are not eligible for social housing or homelessness support. If granted refugee status, they become eligible but have their needs considered on the same basis as other households owed a homelessness duty under the Homelessness Reduction Act...

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