Conservatives pledge to ban foreign nationals from social housing

Housing charity says move would drive up homelessness, while Labour dismisses proposal as ‘unworkable’ Plans to ban foreign nationals from social housing under a Conservative government have been condemned as “divisive”. Under proposals revealed on Friday, the party said about…

In a bold move, the Tories have vowed to scrap tenancies for non-EU nationals already living in social housing - and to block all foreign citizens from taking out new tenancies.

They claim around 230,000 homes would become available under their plan to limit social housing entitlements.