Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 76447

Social Rented Housing: Veterans

Tabled: 10 September 2025
Answered: 19 September 2025

Question

Dr Neil Shastri-Hurst

ConservativeSolihull West and Shirley

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that local authorities are implementing the changes introduced in November 2024 to exempt all veterans from local connection require

Answer

Matthew Pennycook
The Allocation of Housing (Qualification Criteria for Armed Forces) (England) (Amendment) Regulations, which came into force in December 2024, mean that local authorities are no longer allowed to apply local connection tests to veterans of the Regular Arm...

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