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Asylum seekers are set to be housed in brand-new council homes under a controversial Labour Government pilot scheme, sparking fears of public fury amid a crippling social housing crisis. The Home Office is pumping £100 million into the programme, allowing councils to build or refurbish properties specifically for asylum seekers, with around 900 new homes expected.
However, the proposals are expected to spark fury among the public, many of whom are sitting on long waiting lists for council housing themselves.
Last year, 1.3 million people were on social housing waiting lists across England – a 3 per cent increase on 2023 and the highest number since 2014.
Yet supply is not meeting demand, with 20,560 social homes lost in 2023/2024, primarily through Right to Buy sales and demolitions.
England will sell off more than eight times as many council homes in 2025/26 as were constructed the previous year, research has found.
Official figures show there are 36,000 asylum seekers in hotels and around 71,000 in 'dispersal' accommodation in the private rented sector.
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Official figures show there are 36,000 asylum seekers in hotels and around 71,000 in 'dispersal' accommodation in the private rented sector.
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106,000…. and with 40,000 arrivals this year…..900 new homes won’t go far.
If they fund and build 900 a year it will take 117 years just to house those here, without and more arriving. |
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"Asylum seekers are set to be housed in brand-new council homes under a controversial Labour Government pilot scheme, sparking fears of public fury amid a crippling social housing crisis. The Home Office is pumping £100 million into the programme, allowing councils to build or refurbish properties specifically for asylum seekers, with around 900 new homes expected.
However, the proposals are expected to spark fury among the public, many of whom are sitting on long waiting lists for council housing themselves.
Last year, 1.3 million people were on social housing waiting lists across England – a 3 per cent increase on 2023 and the highest number since 2014.
Yet supply is not meeting demand, with 20,560 social homes lost in 2023/2024, primarily through Right to Buy sales and demolitions.
England will sell off more than eight times as many council homes in 2025/26 as were constructed the previous year, research has found.
Official figures show there are 36,000 asylum seekers in hotels and around 71,000 in 'dispersal' accommodation in the private rented sector.
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The first sentence is incorrect. The government is not building new houses for asylum seekers. They are trying to move away from the use of expensive hotel use by utilising e.g. Former student accomodation. |
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"Asylum seekers are set to be housed in brand-new council homes under a controversial Labour Government pilot scheme, sparking fears of public fury amid a crippling social housing crisis. The Home Office is pumping £100 million into the programme, allowing councils to build or refurbish properties specifically for asylum seekers, with around 900 new homes expected.
However, the proposals are expected to spark fury among the public, many of whom are sitting on long waiting lists for council housing themselves.
Last year, 1.3 million people were on social housing waiting lists across England – a 3 per cent increase on 2023 and the highest number since 2014.
Yet supply is not meeting demand, with 20,560 social homes lost in 2023/2024, primarily through Right to Buy sales and demolitions.
England will sell off more than eight times as many council homes in 2025/26 as were constructed the previous year, research has found.
Official figures show there are 36,000 asylum seekers in hotels and around 71,000 in 'dispersal' accommodation in the private rented sector.
The first sentence is incorrect. The government is not building new houses for asylum seekers. They are trying to move away from the use of expensive hotel use by utilising e.g. Former student accommodation. "
Is how it reads in the daily Mail where this text originates.
‘Asylum seekers will be housed in newly built council houses as part of a push to end the use of asylum hotels and private landlords’ |
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By *deepdiveMan 18 weeks ago
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"Asylum seekers are set to be housed in brand-new council homes under a controversial Labour Government pilot scheme, sparking fears of public fury amid a crippling social housing crisis. The Home Office is pumping £100 million into the programme, allowing councils to build or refurbish properties specifically for asylum seekers, with around 900 new homes expected.
However, the proposals are expected to spark fury among the public, many of whom are sitting on long waiting lists for council housing themselves.
Last year, 1.3 million people were on social housing waiting lists across England – a 3 per cent increase on 2023 and the highest number since 2014.
Yet supply is not meeting demand, with 20,560 social homes lost in 2023/2024, primarily through Right to Buy sales and demolitions.
England will sell off more than eight times as many council homes in 2025/26 as were constructed the previous year, research has found.
Official figures show there are 36,000 asylum seekers in hotels and around 71,000 in 'dispersal' accommodation in the private rented sector.
The first sentence is incorrect. The government is not building new houses for asylum seekers. They are trying to move away from the use of expensive hotel use by utilising e.g. Former student accommodation.
Is how it reads in the daily Mail where this text originates.
‘Asylum seekers will be housed in newly built council houses as part of a push to end the use of asylum hotels and private landlords’"
I think the words "Daily Mail" explain a lot here.
Unlikely the prose is correct but it will loosely be based on one or two facts.
The Daily Mail caters for a particular audience who love stories like this - facts are relatively unimportant! |
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"Asylum seekers are set to be housed in brand-new council homes under a controversial Labour Government pilot scheme, sparking fears of public fury amid a crippling social housing crisis. The Home Office is pumping £100 million into the programme, allowing councils to build or refurbish properties specifically for asylum seekers, with around 900 new homes expected.
However, the proposals are expected to spark fury among the public, many of whom are sitting on long waiting lists for council housing themselves.
Last year, 1.3 million people were on social housing waiting lists across England – a 3 per cent increase on 2023 and the highest number since 2014.
Yet supply is not meeting demand, with 20,560 social homes lost in 2023/2024, primarily through Right to Buy sales and demolitions.
England will sell off more than eight times as many council homes in 2025/26 as were constructed the previous year, research has found.
Official figures show there are 36,000 asylum seekers in hotels and around 71,000 in 'dispersal' accommodation in the private rented sector.
The first sentence is incorrect. The government is not building new houses for asylum seekers. They are trying to move away from the use of expensive hotel use by utilising e.g. Former student accommodation.
Is how it reads in the daily Mail where this text originates.
‘Asylum seekers will be housed in newly built council houses as part of a push to end the use of asylum hotels and private landlords’
I think the words "Daily Mail" explain a lot here.
Unlikely the prose is correct but it will loosely be based on one or two facts.
The Daily Mail caters for a particular audience who love stories like this - facts are relatively unimportant!"
A google search shows other news articles though. The GB news one specifically says, "The pilot scheme would see £100million in additional funding for the building of new properties or for the refurbishment of old, derelict buildings in order to house asylum seekers." |
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"Asylum seekers are set to be housed in brand-new council homes under a controversial Labour Government pilot scheme, sparking fears of public fury amid a crippling social housing crisis. The Home Office is pumping £100 million into the programme, allowing councils to build or refurbish properties specifically for asylum seekers, with around 900 new homes expected.
However, the proposals are expected to spark fury among the public, many of whom are sitting on long waiting lists for council housing themselves.
Last year, 1.3 million people were on social housing waiting lists across England – a 3 per cent increase on 2023 and the highest number since 2014.
Yet supply is not meeting demand, with 20,560 social homes lost in 2023/2024, primarily through Right to Buy sales and demolitions.
England will sell off more than eight times as many council homes in 2025/26 as were constructed the previous year, research has found.
Official figures show there are 36,000 asylum seekers in hotels and around 71,000 in 'dispersal' accommodation in the private rented sector.
The first sentence is incorrect. The government is not building new houses for asylum seekers. They are trying to move away from the use of expensive hotel use by utilising e.g. Former student accommodation.
Is how it reads in the daily Mail where this text originates.
‘Asylum seekers will be housed in newly built council houses as part of a push to end the use of asylum hotels and private landlords’
I think the words "Daily Mail" explain a lot here.
Unlikely the prose is correct but it will loosely be based on one or two facts.
The Daily Mail caters for a particular audience who love stories like this - facts are relatively unimportant!"
The headline in the left wing Independent is 'Council homes to be built for asylum seekers'.
Looking at the detail it seems more likely these will be conversions of existing properties rather than built from scratch, but they would still be 'new' Council properties purchased to house asylum seekers rather than local residents. |
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The headline in the left wing Independent is 'Council homes to be built for asylum seekers'.
Looking at the detail it seems more likely these will be conversions of existing properties rather than built from scratch, but they would still be 'new' Council properties purchased to house asylum seekers rather than local residents."
Time to change the strategy from "It's not happening" to "It's happening and here is why it's good"  |
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Looking at the detail it seems more likely these will be conversions of existing properties rather than built from scratch, but they would still be 'new' Council properties purchased to house asylum seekers rather than local residents."
Here in Plymouth exactly that, council just purchased a £3.5m ex student block going into homeless accommodation
And the university numbers nearly halved since 2012 and a lot of tired HMOs being refreshed and with some visibly with AS tenants in |
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The headline in the left wing Independent is 'Council homes to be built for asylum seekers'.
Looking at the detail it seems more likely these will be conversions of existing properties rather than built from scratch, but they would still be 'new' Council properties purchased to house asylum seekers rather than local residents.
Time to change the strategy from "It's not happening" to "It's happening and here is why it's good" "
£800M on Rwanda scheme
£450M paid to France
£5bn a year on housing / welfare
£2-5bn paid to Serco/ Mears/ Clearsprings on 10 year contracts
£1bn + on legal/ courts
Smash the gangs, one in one out, we will use military bases
Indeed, give in and spend £100M to build 900 of the 106,000 new accommodation.
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It is breathtaking how bad at Politics they are.
As the numbers of legal migrants fall (mostly due to voluntary returns and policies of Sunak govt) the numbers of illegal migrants is only going to become more of a problem for Labour, especially with so many crimes being linked to this. For example,
awful attack by Afghan national this week on 5 NHS staff, almost killed a young nurse. 😔 |
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People only read the headline boat numbers. We get more than double that via other means so more than 120,000 a year. Once given leave to remain (which most are) they are entitled to a "family life" and according to the ONS they bring over an average of eight "family members". Nearly a million a year and no signs of it stopping. |
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"People only read the headline boat numbers. We get more than double that via other means so more than 120,000 a year. Once given leave to remain (which most are) they are entitled to a "family life" and according to the ONS they bring over an average of eight "family members". Nearly a million a year and no signs of it stopping."
And if half of those are women at 3/4 children each in a generation there will be millions |
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BBC verified reporting a total of 41,472 migrants crossed the Channel in small boats in 2025 - almost 5,000 more than the previous year.
Home Office figures showed a 13% rise on the 36,566 total in 2024.
It was the highest number since 2022, when nearly 46,000 migrants crossed |
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By *ydaz70Man 18 weeks ago
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"Asylum seekers are set to be housed in brand-new council homes under a controversial Labour Government pilot scheme, sparking fears of public fury amid a crippling social housing crisis. The Home Office is pumping £100 million into the programme, allowing councils to build or refurbish properties specifically for asylum seekers, with around 900 new homes expected.
However, the proposals are expected to spark fury among the public, many of whom are sitting on long waiting lists for council housing themselves.
Last year, 1.3 million people were on social housing waiting lists across England – a 3 per cent increase on 2023 and the highest number since 2014.
Yet supply is not meeting demand, with 20,560 social homes lost in 2023/2024, primarily through Right to Buy sales and demolitions.
England will sell off more than eight times as many council homes in 2025/26 as were constructed the previous year, research has found.
Official figures show there are 36,000 asylum seekers in hotels and around 71,000 in 'dispersal' accommodation in the private rented sector.
The first sentence is incorrect. The government is not building new houses for asylum seekers. They are trying to move away from the use of expensive hotel use by utilising e.g. Former student accommodation.
Is how it reads in the daily Mail where this text originates.
‘Asylum seekers will be housed in newly built council houses as part of a push to end the use of asylum hotels and private landlords’"
our council have just bought 5 homes on a new building site just over 400000 grand each no locals can apply that's all I'm saying |
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"People only read the headline boat numbers. We get more than double that via other means so more than 120,000 a year. Once given leave to remain (which most are) they are entitled to a "family life" and according to the ONS they bring over an average of eight "family members". Nearly a million a year and no signs of it stopping.
And if half of those are women at 3/4 children each in a generation there will be millions "
Already are,according to the ONS there are 15 million people here who were born overseas, not children of, not descendants of, actually not born here and as you point out many will have had children since arriving. |
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"BBC verified reporting a total of 41,472 migrants crossed the Channel in small boats in 2025 - almost 5,000 more than the previous year.
Home Office figures showed a 13% rise on the 36,566 total in 2024.
It was the highest number since 2022, when nearly 46,000 migrants crossed"
In what was quite a bad weather year. With better conditions that number would have grown considerably.
If I remember correctly there was a 28 day period in Nov/Dec with not a single crossing due to strong winds. Oh and then Starmer tried to take credit for it.  |
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Oh dear !!!
People believe the daily fail !!
"Asylum seekers are set to be housed in brand-new council homes under a controversial Labour Government pilot scheme, sparking fears of public fury amid a crippling social housing crisis. The Home Office is pumping £100 million into the programme, allowing councils to build or refurbish properties specifically for asylum seekers, with around 900 new homes expected.
However, the proposals are expected to spark fury among the public, many of whom are sitting on long waiting lists for council housing themselves.
Last year, 1.3 million people were on social housing waiting lists across England – a 3 per cent increase on 2023 and the highest number since 2014.
Yet supply is not meeting demand, with 20,560 social homes lost in 2023/2024, primarily through Right to Buy sales and demolitions.
England will sell off more than eight times as many council homes in 2025/26 as were constructed the previous year, research has found.
Official figures show there are 36,000 asylum seekers in hotels and around 71,000 in 'dispersal' accommodation in the private rented sector.
The first sentence is incorrect. The government is not building new houses for asylum seekers. They are trying to move away from the use of expensive hotel use by utilising e.g. Former student accommodation.
Is how it reads in the daily Mail where this text originates.
‘Asylum seekers will be housed in newly built council houses as part of a push to end the use of asylum hotels and private landlords’"
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"West Northants Council is purchasing 40 houses on Northampton's eastern district to house asylum seekers. "
That's a lot of houses to take out of the system. I'm assuming this is instead of hotels being used and once the asylum seeker gets their claim processed they will have to move out and new asylum seekers move in. But if they are successful in their application to stay, where do they move to? |
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By (user no longer on site) 18 weeks ago
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"Good job the gangs are smashed and we have the 1 in 1 out scheme. Still Starmer has a brand new year to show he has this under control. Are we sure he is not on Reforms pay roll?"
Heard him described today as only man who could drown on dry land ! |
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"Asylum seekers are set to be housed in brand-new council homes under a controversial Labour Government pilot scheme, sparking fears of public fury amid a crippling social housing crisis. The Home Office is pumping £100 million into the programme, allowing councils to build or refurbish properties specifically for asylum seekers, with around 900 new homes expected.
However, the proposals are expected to spark fury among the public, many of whom are sitting on long waiting lists for council housing themselves.
Last year, 1.3 million people were on social housing waiting lists across England – a 3 per cent increase on 2023 and the highest number since 2014.
Yet supply is not meeting demand, with 20,560 social homes lost in 2023/2024, primarily through Right to Buy sales and demolitions.
England will sell off more than eight times as many council homes in 2025/26 as were constructed the previous year, research has found.
Official figures show there are 36,000 asylum seekers in hotels and around 71,000 in 'dispersal' accommodation in the private rented sector.
The first sentence is incorrect. The government is not building new houses for asylum seekers. They are trying to move away from the use of expensive hotel use by utilising e.g. Former student accomodation. "
Express and it looks like a local council Brighton is up for grabing some of the cash to build NEW properties for Asylum seekers that in time will come under there control. So a win for them as this will then be an asset for the council. |
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"People only read the headline boat numbers. We get more than double that via other means so more than 120,000 a year. Once given leave to remain (which most are) they are entitled to a "family life" and according to the ONS they bring over an average of eight "family members". Nearly a million a year and no signs of it stopping."
I just hate that word " ENTITLED "
but it dose have tit in it. |
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"Asylum seekers are set to be housed in brand-new council homes under a controversial Labour Government pilot scheme, sparking fears of public fury amid a crippling social housing crisis. The Home Office is pumping £100 million into the programme, allowing councils to build or refurbish properties specifically for asylum seekers, with around 900 new homes expected.
However, the proposals are expected to spark fury among the public, many of whom are sitting on long waiting lists for council housing themselves.
Last year, 1.3 million people were on social housing waiting lists across England – a 3 per cent increase on 2023 and the highest number since 2014.
Yet supply is not meeting demand, with 20,560 social homes lost in 2023/2024, primarily through Right to Buy sales and demolitions.
England will sell off more than eight times as many council homes in 2025/26 as were constructed the previous year, research has found.
Official figures show there are 36,000 asylum seekers in hotels and around 71,000 in 'dispersal' accommodation in the private rented sector.
The first sentence is incorrect. The government is not building new houses for asylum seekers. They are trying to move away from the use of expensive hotel use by utilising e.g. Former student accommodation.
Is how it reads in the daily Mail where this text originates.
‘Asylum seekers will be housed in newly built council houses as part of a push to end the use of asylum hotels and private landlords’"
The Daily Mail never lets the truth get in the way of a good piece of anti-Labour propaganda.
The litmus test is. What government in their right minds would put illegal entrants into brand new houses whilst 1,000s of British are homeless? It is political suicide. |
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By (user no longer on site) 18 weeks ago
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"To further understand this story I googled the op's first few sentences. It's oy reported by the express and gb news, so I know it's factually manipulated and gammon clickbait
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Lol, that's not true at all 🤣 |
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Labour not doing well on housing, failing on the 300,000 new home delivery, tax dodger three homes Rayner and chancellor with unlicensed let property. And sacked Mandelson a mortgage fraudster under Blair government, then reappointed Starmer. |
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By *winga2Man 18 weeks ago
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"To further understand this story I googled the op's first few sentences. It's oy reported by the express and gb news, so I know it's factually manipulated and gammon clickbait
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Isn't that the case with most of the drivel posted on here 🤷♂️ |
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