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Affordable Housing: Migrants

Asked by David SimmondsConservativeMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled Answered 16 July 2026UIN 17453

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what guidance has his Department given on whether the provision of accommodation to asylum seekers can be included in the definition of affordable housing provided under the National Planning Policy Framework.

Answered by Matthew Pennycook

Asylum accommodation is provided under sections 4, 95 and 98 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 and is defined by the purpose for which it is provided and its adequacy.

The definition of affordable housing is set out in the glossary of the National Planning Policy Framework and does not include asylum accommodation.

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