Vulnerable people are unable to access social housing,
potentially trapping them "in a cycle of homelessness", due to a
change in the law. Under the Localism Act 2011 councils were granted greater powers
to restrict access to social housing. Since then 700,000 households have
disappeared from waiting lists across England. The HCLG said: "Social
housing is a priority for us." Until the act became law in 2012, councils
were required to consider all housing applications, with few powers to remove
households from the list. Now a local connection - often more than five years
in a borough - is required by 35% of councils to access the social housing
register. Read more on the BBC website.
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