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Farage Proposes Evicting Non‑UK Nationals From Social Housing

The proposal ties Farage's claim that the state favours minorities to a plan to deport non‑UK social tenants within 90 days.

Nigel Farage, leader of the Reform UK party speaks at an event in London, Tuesday, May 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)
Reform Party leader Nigel Farage gestures while speaking at the launch of a Save the Pub campaign in London, Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)
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Overview

  • Farage published a long Substack essay on Sunday setting out the measure and repeating a pledge to repeal the Equality Act.
  • Under the plan non‑UK nationals in council housing would have about 90 days to move to private rent or become liable for deportation under Reform's Operation Restoring Justice.
  • Senior ministers and charities criticised the policy as unworkable and potentially unlawful while some Reform figures, including Suella Braverman, publicly endorsed parts of the essay.
  • Official data cited in coverage shows non‑UK citizens made up about one in ten new social lettings in 2022/23 and the share of social tenants born abroad rose from 5% in 2011 to 7% in 2021.
  • Government sources and legal commentators say mass removals would face human‑rights and statutory barriers and would likely need new enforcement capacity comparable to a US‑style deportation agency.