YOBS who terrorise their neighbourhoods are facing a two-year ban from social housing.
The trouble-makers are being targeted in a proposed overhaul of how homes are allocated in England.
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It means those with unspent convictions and anti-social orders could be blocked from applying.
The aim is to create more space in social housing for law-abiding citizens.
Social landlords will also be able to give three warnings to noisy, unruly tenants before action is taken.
A government source said: “It’s not right to have people who make their neighbours’ lives a misery staying in social homes while deserving families are stuck on waiting lists.”
Next week, ministers will launch a consultation on the shake-up.
It is said to focus on giving social housing to those who need it and contribute most to the country.
This includes putting British families at the top of a waiting list for social housing to try to prioritise “British homes for British workers”.
Government figures show that 90 per cent of the lead tenants in social housing are British.
However, in the London borough of Brent, 40 per cent of new social homes were let to foreigners in 2021-22.
Housing Secretary Michael Gove has said that migration is putting pressure on housing.
Rishi Sunak’s government is investing £11.5billion in the Affordable Homes Programme to deliver thousands of new homes to buy and rent across England.
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