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The housing crisis—asylum seekers and immigration

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Published on: 29 August 2018

Published by a LexisNexis Immigration expert

Table of contents

Refugees and housing allocation
Preventing abuse
The impact of immigration on social housing
Lessons from other jurisdictions

Article summary

Immigration analysis: There have been numerous reports relating to immigrants and the housing crisis—from appalling conditions and incidences of violence in social housing, to a lack of housing for asylum seekers. But behind these headlines lay the challenges facing refugees in accessing adequate and affordable housing, with both legal and social barriers playing a part. The fifth article in our series on the housing crisis discussed the role of immigration in the UK property market.

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