Safe as Houses? Security of Tenure for Social Housing Tenants In England

The Liberal Think Tank, Centre Forum has published a briefing outlining its concerns to the proposed changes to security of tenure.  Safe as houses? Security of tenure for social housing tenants in England argues that the Government's plans to restrict security of tenure would change the understanding which has historically been at the heart of social housing, forcing families to move out of their homes and removing tenants who often serve as the 'social glue' which helps bind communities together. Instead, it proposes that greater flexibility could be introduced into the existing social housing stock by periodically reassessing the circumstances of social tenants, with those who can afford to do so paying a market rent, with the additional revenue ringfenced for reinvestment in the housing supply.  Download the briefing from the Centre Forum website by clicking on the logo below.