| Heading: |
Social Rented Housing: Domestic Abuse |
| Question ID: |
1815506 |
| UIN: |
61993 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-23 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5334 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Dr Allison Gardner
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| Asking Member handle: |
AllisonCGardner
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@AllisonCGardner
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the press release entitled Vulnerable people given greater access to social housing, published on 19 June 2025, whether the new regulations will apply to victim |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-07-02 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4520 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Matthew Pennycook
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| Answering Member handle: |
mtpennycook
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@mtpennycook
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| Answer text: |
The regulations in question will apply to domestic abuse victims over the age of 16, as defined by the Domestic Abuse Act 2021. Only those aged over the age of 16 can hold a social housing tenancy.The regulations will also apply to care leavers within the... |
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| Answering body ID: |
7 |
| Answering body name: |
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government |
| Tweeted: |
true |