Plans to ban foreign nationals from social housing under a Conservative government have been condemned as “divisive”. Under proposals revealed on Friday, the party said about 230,000 homes would become available if foreign nationals were prevented from accessing social housing. Foreign nationals with settled status, refugee status or specific humanitarian protections currently qualify for social housing. For future tenancies, UK nationals and those with EU settled status would be eligible, however, any new EU citizens without settled status would not be. The next Conservative government will make foreign nationals ineligible for social housing.