A Bill to exempt social housing tenants who claim Disability Living Allowance or who have occupied a property for at least six months or who have not been offered alternative accommodation, from the size criteria provisions of the Housing Benefit Regulations 2006, the Housing Benefit (persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations 2006 and the Universal Credit 2013 Regulations; and for connected purposes.
House of Commons
27 March 2015
This Bill would exempt certain social housing tenants from the size criteria penalties used in housing benefit and Universal Credit rules. It focuses on tenants who claim Disability Living Allowance, or who have lived in their current home for at least six months, or who have not been offered alternative accommodation, from those penalties.
The bill is at the 2nd Reading in the Commons. After this, it would typically move to committee for detailed examination and then to further readings if it progresses.
Generated 21 February 2026
The Bill was presented to Parliament through the ballot procedure on 2 July 2014. This is known as the first reading and there was no debate on the Bill at this stage.
The Bill is a Private Member's Bill which are often not printed until close to a Second Reading debate. If the text of the Bill is not available on these pages and you want information about the text you would need to speak to the Member sponsoring the Bill.
The 2014-15 session of Parliament has prorogued and this Bill will make no further progress.
No recorded votes for this bill yet.
