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Local people first in social housing allocation
Families who have waited years in their own area are watching allocation policy work against them. Councils must keep real power to weight allocation toward genuine local connection — and use it.
Our specific ask
Statutory guidance protecting local-connection weighting, and published annual data showing how every council applies it.
Evidence base
- 1.34m households on social housing waiting lists in England at 31 March 2025 — the highest since 2014 (MHCLG).
- Local authorities face pressure to dilute local-connection criteria with no published impact assessment on waiting residents.
Government response tracker
Status: Awaiting response. We update this when government publishes a formal position relevant to this ask.