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Local social housing to be given to local residents has priority

Submitted on Wednesday 25th May 2022

Rejected on Monday 30th May 2022

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)

Petition Action

Local social housing to be given to local residents has priority

Petition Details

Prioritize families within a community for social housing

Additional Information

Myself and my daughter are being evicted from our private rented home after almost 14 years with ties to the community for work and school in GCSE years unfortunately any local social housing is being given to others from outside the area and we are expected to move out of our home village? Please help us correct this situation and give local houses to local people


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This petition was rejected

The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:

We're sorry to read about your situation.

We can't accept your petition because decisions about social housing are a matter for individual local governments, and not the Government or House of Commons.

You could raise this with a local councillor, who represents you. You can use this page to find out who your local councillors are, and how to contact them:

www.gov.uk/find-your-local-councillors

You could also contact your local MP. You can find out who your local MP is and how to contact them here: www.parliament.uk/get-involved/contact-an-mp-or-lord/contact-your-mp/

You can read guidance from Shelter on how to get a housing association home here: england.shelter.org.uk/housing_advice/council_housing_association/how_to_get_a_housing_association_home

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