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Social Rented Housing: Buckinghamshire

Asked by Callum AndersonLabourMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled Answered 2 July 2025UIN 62419

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the lifting of local connection tests for the specified vulnerable groups on social housing demand and allocations in (a) Milton Keynes and (b) Buckinghamshire.

Answered by Matthew Pennycook

Regulations were laid on 19 June to ensure that young care leavers and victims of domestic abuse across England do not face unfair barriers to accessing social housing.

My Department will be monitoring the impact at local authority level through the Local Authority Housing Statistics and the social housing lettings and sales data returns.

We will not be able to assess the potential impact on (a) Milton Keynes or (b) Buckinghamshire specifically.

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