Conservatives pledge to ban foreign nationals from social housing
Any single person currently living in social housing who is not a UK, Irish or EU citizen would lose their social home. There are 1.34 million households on social housing waiting lists, as of March 2025, the latest government figures.The vast majority of social housing lettings are given to single people. In 2024-25, most lead tenants of new social lettings, the person in whose name the social home is rented, were UK nationals - 89% or 233,000 tenants.In the same period, 2.3% of new lettings were given to refugees - 800 refugees were UK nationals, while the remaining 3,900 were non-UK nationals.
- ▪Any single person currently living in social housing who is not a UK, Irish or EU citizen would lose their social home.
- ▪There are 1.34 million households on social housing waiting lists, as of March 2025, the latest government figures.The vast majority of social housing lettings are given to single people.
- ▪In 2024-25, most lead tenants of new social lettings, the person in whose name the social home is rented, were UK nationals - 89% or 233,000 tenants.In the same period, 2.3% of new lettings were given to refugees - 800 refugees were UK nati
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Conservatives pledge to ban foreign nationals from social housingImage source, Getty ImagesImage caption, The Conservatives claim that nearly 230,000 socially rented homes will be freed up for British familiesByJames GregoryPolitical reporterPublished5 minutes agoThe Conservatives have said they would end the provision of social housing for foreign nationals in England if they win power at the next election.The party said ending new tenancies for all foreign nationals, as well as current tenancies for couples where neither person is a UK, Irish or EU citizen, would free up an estimated 228,144 homes for British families.The Conservatives said Labour had "lost control of immigration" and British families had been left sitting on housing waiting lists as a result.But Labour said the policy…
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