Communities and Local Government written question – answered at on 21 January 2014.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many local authorities refuse access to housing to care leavers on the grounds that they are not originally from that local authority area.
The Department does not hold this information.
In December 2013 we published statutory guidance for local authorities to ensure that only those with a well-established residence and local associations qualify for tax-payer subsidised social housing.
The guidance makes clear that we expect local authorities to make appropriate exceptions to take account of special circumstances, and refers specifically to the need to protect those care leavers who have been placed by their local authority outside their original district.
We have already put in place protections for the armed forces through secondary legislation which ensure that they cannot be disqualified from social housing because of any local connection requirement.
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