18/09/2025
⏳The move on period is a critical time for people leaving Home Office accommodation to find safe, secure housing and support, to avoid ending up homeless and destitute.
In partnership with Link and alongside over 60 other organisations we have written to the government urging it to reverse its recent decision to shorten the move-on period to 28 days, and asking that it reinstates a 56-day move-on period for single adult refugees https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/sep/18/scrap-policy-that-gives-refugees-with-leave-to-remain-28-days-to-find-housing-say-uk-groups
We are appalled at the Government’s sudden U-turn, which will:
➡️ Increase homelessness and rough sleeping
➡️ Put pressure on local statutory and voluntary sector organisations
➡️ Result in further use of expensive nightly paid options for those eligible, due to additional pressure on local councils and a lack of alternatives
➡️ Undermine the government’s own commitment to ending homelessness
➡️ Make the support provided by charities more difficult to deliver
➡️ Put individuals at even greater risk of harm on the streets and exacerbate community tensions
➡️ Pre-empt the Government’s own commitment to a full evaluation of the 56-day pilot due to conclude at the end of this year.
Our 64 signatories include all the largest homelessness sector organisations such as , , Mungos and Institute of Housing.
We call on the Secretary of State for the Home Department and Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government to take urgent action to reverse this decision.
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