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Veterans get social housing priority in rule change

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Councils will have to prioritise veterans for social housing and waive rules requiring applicants show a connection to the local area for veterans' families.

Announcement follows Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer 's promise to give veterans a "guaranteed roof over their head" Housing charity Shelter said rule changes would have no impact unless the government addressed a chronic lack of social housing in the UK .

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78

Informative language

75

Neutral language

50

Article tone

semi-formal

Language

English

Language complexity

63

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not offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

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not detected

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short-lived

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