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MHCLG in an official consultation response says there are already stringent rules in place to determine social housing allocation
The new government has announced it will not be adopting changes to social housing allocation tests, stating that the proposed policies are either “unnecessary”, costly or would harm communities.
The previous government consulted on proposed changes to how social housing is allocated in January. The eight-week consultation closed on 26 March.
The housing minister, Matthew Pennycook, revealed early last month that the government did not plan to enact the policy changes laid out in the consultation.
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