Concerns have been raised over Government plans for Afghan families, including some people in Telford & Wrekin, to leave hotels by the end of August.
According to the Local Government Association , thousands of Afghan individuals and families staying in 59 temporary bridging hotels across the country have been served notice to leave the accommodation by the end of next month.
The Government says hotels have never been a suitable place for refugees to stay in the long-term, and that it is funding a £250m expansion of the Local Authority Housing Fund to help councils source appropriate housing for those affected.The LGA said there is a risk of Afghan families becoming homeless and ending up in temporary accommodation due to a shortage of available housing.
However, it added:"The acute shortage of housing available across the country and short timeframe until the end of notice periods is making the ability to quickly secure appropriate accommodation for all Afghan families in bridging hotels extremely challenging. New LGA chair Councillor Shaun Davies, the Labour leader of Telford & Wrekin Council, in his first speech at the LGA's annual conference today, was expected to say:"Councils have a proud history of stepping up and supporting asylum seekers and refugees to settle in the UK and rebuild their lives. But combined pressures from government asylum and resettlement schemes are growing on councils. We are at crisis point.
“We now have one hotel in Telford and Wrekin that is being used as a bridging hotel by the Home Office to provide temporary accommodation for Afghan refugees," she said.
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