Plans to give UK citizens priority for social housing ‘would increase homelessness’

Further rationing of already scarce resources will not fix decades of failures, housing groups tell Sunak

Plans being considered by the government to give UK families higher priority for social housing would force more people into homelessness, Rishi Sunak has been warned.

“We all deserve safe housing. Regardless of where we are from,” the prime minister was told in a joint letter by groups representing councils, housing professionals and charities.