Tag: asylum seekers

HMO agents offering lucrative five-year contracts to house asylum seekers? 

Author: Readers Question

25th September 2025, 7 months ago | 3

There is a question Property1118 members might be able to help with. I am hearing that landlords are being approached...

Nearly twice as many asylum seekers live rent free in homes than hotels – claim

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

4th September 2025, 8 months ago | 4

Almost double the number of asylum seekers are living in taxpayer-subsidised rented homes compared to hotels, the Daily Mail has...

Government to buy empty homes to house asylum seekers

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

28th July 2025, 9 months ago | 22

The UK government has a strategy to address the growing challenge of housing asylum seekers by acquiring empty homes and...

I am considering converting at least one HMO to Asylum Seekers?

Author: Readers Question

15th May 2025, 11 months ago | 11

I have had 3 HMOs in Brighton since 2007 and have exclusively rented to the student market. I use an...

NRLA hits out as Labour appeals for more landlords to house asylum seekers

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

28th April 2025, 12 months ago | 42

In a bid to address the escalating number of migrants crossing the Channel, the Home Office has intensified efforts to...

Asylum seekers take over 16,000 homes amid housing crisis

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

14th February 2024, 2 years ago | 10

The Home Office has rented 16,000 properties for asylum seekers, leaving local families and young workers struggling to find affordable...

Council says housing crisis is worsening as landlords exit market

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

13th February 2024, 2 years ago | 29

Thurrock Council has revealed the growing challenges it faces in providing housing help to its residents, as the cost-of-living crisis...

Government scraps plan on HMO requirements for asylum seekers

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

9th February 2024, 2 years ago | 4

The government has abandoned a plan that would have exempted landlords of asylum seekers from houses in multiple occupation (HMO)...

Unlicensed HMO’s for Asylum seekers?

Author: Readers Question

1st November 2023, 2 years ago | 10

Hi, Housing asylum seekers in hotels was a very unpopular move with the public. Now the Government have announced they...

Glasgow braces for “humanitarian catastrophe” as asylum seeker housing crisis looms

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

18th October 2023, 3 years ago | 4

City leaders in Glasgow are warning of a “humanitarian catastrophe” over plans to find housing for asylum seekers. At an...

Students scramble for new housing as ‘luxury’ accommodation is reallocated to asylum seekers

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

1st September 2023, 3 years ago | 27

Around 170 university students in Huddersfield have found themselves in a desperate scramble to secure new accommodation after being abruptly...

Government plan to remove HMO license rules for housing asylum seekers

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

4th May 2023, 3 years ago | 17

Critics are lining up to condemn a government plan to remove the HMO licencing regulations for landlords who will house...

Why do we value Asylum Seekers more than British homeless?

Author: Readers Question

14th November 2022, 3 years ago | 29

Hello, This is another of those strange anomalies/priorities which make little sense. We pick up thousands of asylum seekers in...

Landlords accused of ‘kicking out’ tenants for asylum seekers

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

9th November 2022, 3 years ago | 17

A councillor has accused private landlords of kicking out tenants to make room for asylum seekers because the landlord can...

Serco contract details – Asylum accommodation request?

Author: Readers Question

4th November 2022, 3 years ago | 31

Hello everyone, I’ve just had a reply from Serco regarding their offer to take a properties to be used by...