More news items and new guides
EU Settlement Scheme updates and changes The 3million explain that the Court of Appeal has handed down judgment in Fertre v Vale of White Horse…
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Asylum: the backlog, small boats and the accommodation crisis
The asylum backlog — how it was allowed to grow and how to tackle it An excellent piece in the FT by Georgina Quach (free…
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Refugee homelessness and the UK response to world crises
End of the 56-day move-on period for most refugees Having welcomed the trial extension of the move-on period from asylum accommodation that kept it at…
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Understanding the lived experiences of women refugees
Places for People’s Sophie Buchanan reflects on a recent roundtable discussion based on a report produced by the Cambridge Centre for Housing and Planning Research…
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Bell Hotel asylum accommodation — a short briefing on recent litigation
Kama Petruczenko, senior policy analyst at the Refugee Council, brings us up to date with developments around the Bell Hotel in Epping. Critics note that…
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Tackling misinformation about housing development in Wales
Catherine Evans, head of communications at Trivallis, explains how the housing association tackled misinformation about who gets new housing. (This article featured in the latest…
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How can social housing providers respond to the risk of racist violence and disorder in their communities?
Ursula Aitchison, a CharityWorks graduate and policy strategy and research specialist at Chelmer Housing Partnership, reports on her inquiry into housing association responses to racist…
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Housing associations are on the frontline of growing community tensions — it is time to start acting like it
Janani Paramsothy, of Newbridge Advisors, explores how the housing sector should respond to the issues raised by the temporary accommodation of asylum seekers in hotels. (This…
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Flags, families and home secretaries
This is a shortened version of a blog by Helen Charman, reproduced with permission from the London Review of Books. The new home secretary, Shabana…
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Political parties compete to be tough on migrants
This newsletter comes at the end of a conference season for the UK’s political parties, who spent much of it claiming to be tougher on…
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Hotel evictions: What can we do?
This short guide from the CIH Housing Rights website is written for anyone working with asylum seekers in hotels and other asylum accommodation. The guide…
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More news items and new guides – Summer issue 2025
Here is the housing rights miscellany of news items and new guides and publications. New government legislation reaches report stage The second reading of the…
