Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 117192

Social Rented Housing: Domestic Abuse

Tabled: 2 March 2026
Answered: 10 March 2026

Question

Gideon Amos

Liberal DemocratTaunton and Wellington

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what monitoring his Department is carrying out to capture data on local authorities not exempting domestic abuse survivors from local connection tests for social housing.

Answer

Matthew Pennycook
The government has taken action to remove barriers for victims of domestic abuse to access social housing.Regulations, which came into force on 10 July 2025, mean that victims of domestic abuse moving as a result of that abuse will no longer need to meet ...

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