Question follow-through · 53183
Social Rented Housing: Undocumented Migrants
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether housing associations can evict existing tenants in order to house illegal immigrants.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 19 May 2025
- Target answer date
- 21 May 2025
- Answer
- 28 May 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
19 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether housing associations can evict existing tenants in order to house illegal immigrants.
21 May 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
28 May 2025
Answer published
A housing association can only end a tenancy following the relevant specific legal procedure. For example, if they have a legal reason to do so as set out in the grounds for possession in law, such as rent arrears or antisocial behaviour.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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