Reform UK will unveil proposals on Monday to make British citizens born abroad wait longer for social housing, prioritising British-born workers under 35, married couples with children, and military veterans on waiting lists. Deputy leader Richard Tice will also outline ambitions to build 50,000 affordable social homes annually, against a government target of 18,000 per year.
Tice claims 1.3 million people await social housing and that over half a million homes are occupied by foreign nationals. The plans follow a June pledge by Nigel Farage to evict foreign nationals from social housing, giving them three months to relocate or face deportation. Some foreign-born Britons would be exempted, including those born while British parents were temporarily overseas.
Shelter's chief executive warned the plans would disrupt thousands of families and risk homelessness. Labour dismissed the proposals as unserious and unworkable, noting illegal migrants and most visa holders are already ineligible. The Conservatives accused Reform of trying to catch up with their own policies, while the Liberal Democrats called it a cruel gimmick.