United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 9586
Social Rented Housing: Foreign Nationals
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Introduced
15 June 2026
Last action
23 June 2026 · Answer
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Answered
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Subjects
Housing
Source updated
23 June 2026
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department provides guidance to local authorities on the circumstances in which they must rehouse statutory homeless households who are not UK nationals; and whether
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15 June 2026
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department provides guidance to local authorities on the circumstances in which they must rehouse statutory homeless households who are not UK nationals; and whether
Source: Commons
23 June 2026
Answer
Eligibility for social housing and homelessness assistance is tightly controlled. If a person’s visa means that they cannot access state benefits or local authority housing assistance, they are not eligible for an allocation of social housing or homelessn...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2026-06-15/9586
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1915836
- uk · wq-1915836 · source updated 23 June 2026