Vulnerable Groups Provided Greater Access To Social Housing

On 19 June 2025, the Government laid out regulations which will exempt care leavers under 25 and domestic abuse victims from local connection rules which currently impede access to social housing.

Key Points:

• Victims of domestic abuse and care leavers under 25 will benefit from the removal of local connection rules.
• This announcement comes after the Government committed £39 billion investment for a new ten-year Affordable Homes Programme.
• This helps deliver the Government's Plan for Change. This is by supplying people with safe and secure housing and raising the quality of living standards.

The change aims to ensure that young people under 25 leaving care and victims of domestic abuse have better access to social housing. This will exempt them from previous rules that restricted access to social housing for those that did not have a connection to the local area. This intends to remove the penalisation of such groups, acknowledging tough individual