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New ‘homes for Ukranians’ programme

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Details to be announced by the government later, with people expected to be able to work, claim benefits and access public services during their stay ...

Some reporting/reaction/analysis in the meantime:

Gove bids to end Ukrainian refugee chaos with £350 ‘cash for rooms’ offer: guardian.co.uk
What more do we know about UK scheme to take in Ukrainian refugees?: guardian.co.uk
‘Homes for Ukraine Scheme’ – response: Refugee Council
The forthcoming Ukranian housing scheme: nearlylegal.co.uk

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“Robina Qureshi, the director of the refugee homelessness charity Positive Action in Housing, said that at the moment the hosting scheme was a “dead end” because there was no system in place for matching host families with refugees. “The government has unleashed chaos upon chaos for the refugee hosting system,” she said”.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/mar/18/questions-mount-amid-eagerness-in-uk-to-help-ukraine-refugees?mc_cid=57fda7247a&mc_eid=bdee34f98b

 

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Refugees Minister Lord Harrington in govt press release today:

Those who have chosen to sponsor Ukrainians represent the very best of British community spirit and generosity and I would urge anyone who has the room to come forward and join thousands of others in providing a safe haven for people forced to leave their country .... They will of course continue to receive £350 ‘thank you’ payments up to 6 months ...

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/public-urged-to-represent-the-very-best-of-british-community-spirit-and-sponsor-people-from-ukraine

And quoted in the Guardian:

Harrington said he had been lobbying the Treasury “very hard” to double the £350-a-month “thank you” payment for sponsors who house refugees for longer than six months.

“The costs … they’re paying may be a big chunk of rent themselves, the mortgage payments have gone up and everything, and I think it’s perfectly reasonable, in my view, to increase the amount that we’re paying them ...”

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/aug/24/desperate-need-for-homes-for-ukraine-hosts-as-war-reaches-six-month-point