The Department for Communities and Local Government said it wants councils to give victims of domestic abuse who are living in refuges and other types of safe temporary accommodation to be given as much assistance as possible to access social housing.
The proposed statutory guidance will "strongly encourage" local authorities to waive residency requirements for access to social housing for people living in refuges or similar accommodation who have moved across council boundaries to escape domestic abuse.
In addition, the guidance will tell councils that victims of domestic abuse who are living in refuges should be treated as in need of social housing on both homelessness and welfare grounds.
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