“What assessment she has made of the potential impact of reducing the value of thank you payments under the Homes for Ukraine Sponsorship scheme on the retention of hosts.”
Asked by
Martin Wrigley
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government
Answer from Hansard
The Minister for Homelessness, Democracy, Communities and Faith (Florence Eshalomi)
We are grateful to everyone who has opened their home to Ukrainians. Over £1.8 billion has supported the scheme. Funding changes for Homes for Ukraine are sustainable; thank you payments continue recognition of a host’s generosity, and host retention depends on individual decisions and cannot be reliably estimated. Our councils retain the funding for re-matching and homelessness prevention.