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Prioritise local connection in social housing allocation

Local authorities should retain real discretion to weight social housing allocation toward people with a genuine local connection.

Our specific ask

Statutory guidance protecting local connection weighting in housing allocation schemes.

Evidence base

  • 1.33m households on social housing waiting lists in England (DLUHC, Mar 2024).

Government response tracker

Status: Awaiting response. We update this when government publishes a formal position relevant to this ask.