Written Question·Home Office·UIN 76291

Asylum: Private Rented Housing

Tabled: 10 September 2025

Answered: 16 September 2025

Named Day

Question

Chris Philp

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether landlords in Croydon are being offered rents above market rates to house asylum seekers.

Answer

Alex Norris

The Home Office has a legal obligation to provide accommodation for asylum seekers who would otherwise be destitute, whilst their claims are being processed.This Government is determined to restore order to the asylum system so that it operates swiftly, f...

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