Deidre Brock: To ask the Secretary of State for
Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer of 7 July 2015
to Question 5576, on social rented housing: EU nationals, whether it remains
his Department's policy to introduce a four-year residency requirement for EU
migrants following the decision of the UK to leave the EU.
Gavin Barwell: The Government remains of the view that
social housing should be for those with a strong connection to the local community. Statutory
guidance issued in December 2013 already ensures that only people who have
lived in their area for at least two years can apply to their council for
social housing. We are considering whether to go further and adopt a stronger
residency test by extending this to four years.
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