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Some of the enduring myths about immigration and social housing in the UK are debunked in a new report by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation.
The report on recently arrived Liberian, Pakistani, Polish and Somalian asylum seekers and migrant workers living in Sheffield reveals that instead of taking housing meant for British families, asylum seekers more often move into shoddy and unsafe social housing that nobody else wants. And while refugees and asylum seekers have the right of access to social housing, their ability to exercise choice over where they live is extremely limited.
Even compared to other disadvantaged groups, asylum seekers' ability to improve their housing situation is severely curtailed by limited legal rights and poor understanding of the housing system. They are "rarely skilled players of the welfare system", the report says.
summary of report (JRF website)
findings (JRF site - pdf file)
source: Society Guardian
