Locals Prioritised For Social Housing

The CLG has published additional guidance on 'Providing social housing for local people', to supplement the statutory guidance on social housing allocations for English local authorities published in June 2012. The new guidance strongly encourages all local authorities to adopt a two year residency test as part of their qualification criteria for social housing. It also suggests the need for other criteria alongside a residency test so that people who are able to demonstrate a strong association to the local area are not disadvantaged, stresses the need for flexibility to take account of special circumstances such as domestic abuse and mobility moves for existing social tenants.  Download a copy of the guidance from the Govuk website.