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Social Housing: Foreign Nationals

Asked by Richard TiceReform UKMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled Answered 7 January 2026UIN 101574

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many foreign nationals have been granted social housing in each of the last five years.

Answered by Matthew Pennycook

My Department’s annual Social Housing Lettings in England statistical series includes data on the number of the new social housing lettings in England each year to households by the self-reported nationality of the lead tenant. It can be found on gov.uk here.

Data from 2006/07 to 2024/25 can be found in table 3e in the Social Housing Lettings in England, tenants summary tables: April 2024 to March 2025, which can be found here.

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