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<p>Local authorities are required by law to ensure that ‘reasonable preference’ (ie
priority) for social housing is given to those who need to move on medical and welfare
grounds, including grounds relating to a disability. Statutory allocations guidance
makes clear that this would include a mental illness or disorder.</p><p>The annual
Local Authority Housing Statistical return collects data on households on the waiting
list for each of the reasonable preference criteria: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/local-authority-housing-statistics-data-returns-for-2016-to-2017"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/local-authority-housing-statistics-data-returns-for-2016-to-2017</a></p><p>In
2016/17, there were 108,858 households that met medical and welfare reasonable preference
criteria.</p><p> </p>
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