Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities written question – answered on 22 May 2023.
Tim Farron
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Environment, Food and Rural Affairs), Liberal Democrat Lords Spokesperson (Communities and Local Government)
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to help improve access to the private rental sector for Afghans in hotels under the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy and the Afghan citizens resettlement scheme.
Seema Malhotra
Shadow Minister (Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy)
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent assessment he has made of the ability of Afghan refugees living in hotels to secure properties in the private rental market.
Seema Malhotra
Shadow Minister (Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy)
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of his Department's communications on explaining the availability of support for Afghan refugees to landlords in the private sector.
Felicity Buchan
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities)
The Home Office is the department responsible for the ACRS and ARAP schemes, including for providing tariff funding for local authorities. The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities is supporting cross-Government work to help Afghans into private rental sector accommodation where possible, and Government is providing £35 million of additional funding to local authorities for this purpose.
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