Farage Vows 3-Month Social Housing Ban for Foreign Nationals, Threatening Deportation
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Updated · BBC.com · Jun 14
Farage Vows 3-Month Social Housing Ban for Foreign Nationals, Threatening Deportation
3 articles · Updated · BBC.com · Jun 14
Summary
Reform UK would force foreign nationals already in social housing to move into private rentals within three months or risk losing the right to remain and possible deportation.
Farage said the retrospective policy would apply regardless of how long someone has lived in Britain, tying it to Reform's plan to abolish Indefinite Leave to Remain and end welfare access for foreign nationals.
The proposal would widen restrictions beyond current rules, which already usually bar asylum seekers, illegal arrivals and most people on student or work visas from social housing.
Around 1.34 million households are already on social housing waiting lists, making access to cheaper, more secure homes a politically charged issue.
Labour's Lisa Nandy and Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey condemned the plan as divisive, while Farage also used a 6,800-word essay to attack equality laws and school observances such as Black History Month and Pride Month.