Dear Reader
Your Housing Rights newsletter for July has the latest news on policy developments under new prime minister Andy Burnham, and more comment and resources on responding to anti-immigrant messages and promoting community cohesion.
This month, we have two guest articles:
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Dragica Felja and Lauren Cape-Davenhill from Advicenow examine the barriers to homelessness support for newly recognised refugees
- Helen Dempster, Lee Crawfurd and Ian Mitchell from the US Center for Global Development challenge the UK government proposal to charge asylum seekers for their accommodation.
We’re also revising and improving the Housing Rights website. Our pages on eligibility have been rewritten and now take account of differences across the UK, while our guidance for new arrivals is now titled ‘Am I eligible for a housing allocation or help if I am homeless?' and our detailed guidance for advisers is titled ‘The law on housing eligibility'.
A huge thanks to all our contributors. If anyone is interested in writing for future issues, please email john.perry@cih.org. As ever, a special thanks to our main sponsor, Metropolitan Thames Valley Housing.
