Chair of the Local Government Association (LGA) councillor Shaun Davies said: “Increased demand and acute shortage of housing available across the country, combined with other pressures from across asylum and resettlement schemes, will make it extremely challenging for the large number of families remaining in hotels to find affordable, long-term accommodation in the areas they want to live in before their hotels close.”
His comments come following a written statement by veterans’ minister Johnny Mercer in which he says the government has given three months’ notice to more than 8,000 residents living in hotels and serviced apartments.
The accommodation was set up by the Home Office for refugees arriving from Afghanistan on either the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP) and over 9,100 through the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme (ACRS) in January last year.
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