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And any suitable safeguards have been swept aside in the name of 'efficiencies'?
Presumably, the likelihood of someone who qualifies for council housing ever getting through the barrier that they would no longer require social housing is slim. So then the bigger picture would mean this is essentially a symbolic, but otherwise useless additional piece of bureaucracy, as the same people will occupy the same housing, but have to go through a process every five years or so? And the overall effect that it will upset (putting it mildly) a group of people less likely to vote for the present administration and will seem to some others, who are far-removed from the social housing system, like something is being done about social housing when it isn't really, while saving approximately no money and requiring more civil servants to perform the assessments? Sir Humphrey couldn't have done better himself.
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http://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/dec/09/council-tenants-lose-lifetime-right-to-live-in-property
A spokesman for the Department for Communities and Local Government said the changes would “improve local authorities abilities to provide social housing for those who need it most, as long as they need it”.
The race to the bottom continues unabated.