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Stop letting illegal immigrants live in council houses and flats

Submitted on Friday 10th February 2017

Rejected on Monday 13th March 2017

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: no-action (see below for details)

Petition Action

Stop letting illegal immigrants live in council houses and flats

Petition Details

The whole point of bidding for and gaining a council property is to provide them to the working class so it's affordable housing. Let's keep council housing properties for the British and the registered British citizens. Illegal immigrants can easily rent privately most British people can not.

Additional Information

Majority of council homes and flats in the Kent area belong to illegal immigrants. British citizens are no longer given priority for council housing I once saw two illegal immigrants being offered a two bedroom flat when they claimed to be homeless but when myself a British woman told the council I was homeless I was told to rent privately and not to bother for a council property. Council homes should be for families and people who deserve them not people who have them handed to them.


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This petition was rejected

The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:

We're not sure what action you'd like the Government or Parliament to take. People who are in the UK illegally aren't able to apply for council housing.

Local councils can only allocate housing to ‘eligible’ households. Eligibility is based on an assessment of the applicant’s immigration status. Applicants who are in the UK unlawfully and who have not been granted leave to remain, or who have overstayed their visa, cannot apply for council housing.

The eligibility requirements are set out in sections 160ZA and 185 of the Housing Act 1996 (as amended). You can read the Act here:

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1996/52

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