A Home Office contractor is offering landlords more than double what councils pay to house vulnerable British families if they switch their properties to asylum accommodation. Reform UK Shadow chancellor Zia Yusuf made clear that "Reform will end this madness”.
In one extraordinary case, a Southwark landlord was offered £4,500 a month for a three-bedroom flat he already rents to the council for £1,790 to accommodate a family at risk of homelessness.
The contractor also offered to cover bills, council tax and maintenance costs. Accepting the deal would have left him £32,520 a year better off – but could have cost a vulnerable family their home.
Reform UK Shadow Home Secretary Zia Yusuf condemned the arrangements, saying: “Labour are outbidding British people so they can house men who broke into our country in your community instead.”
“Reform will end this madness”, he vowed. “We will take our country back.”
The offers are being made by Clearsprings Ready Homes, one of three private companies contracted by the Home Office to accommodate asylum seekers.
The company is targeting landlords who provide accommodation to councils, students and vulnerable people, including those fleeing domestic abuse.
Councils already struggling to find homes for desperate families now face competition from a contractor offering vastly higher rents to secure properties for asylum seekers.
The Southwark landlord refused to make the switch.
“I didn’t go with them because it would have meant terminating my contract with Southwark Council and putting families at serious risk of homelessness”, he told the Sun.
“I am not prepared to do that. But many landlords just see it as an opportunity to earn more, and just go with them.”
A Reform government led by Nigel Farage would put British people first, reserving social housing for British citizens and removing foreign nationals from existing social housing to free up homes for British applicants.
Reform UK will also detain and deport all illegal immigrants, close the asylum hotels and stop the boats through Operation Fortress. That means leaving the ECHR and deploying the Royal Navy to intercept boats and return those aboard to France.
In one extraordinary case, a Southwark landlord was offered £4,500 a month for a three-bedroom flat he already rents to the council for £1,790 to accommodate a family at risk of homelessness.
The contractor also offered to cover bills, council tax and maintenance costs. Accepting the deal would have left him £32,520 a year better off – but could have cost a vulnerable family their home.
Reform UK Shadow Home Secretary Zia Yusuf condemned the arrangements, saying: “Labour are outbidding British people so they can house men who broke into our country in your community instead.”
“Reform will end this madness”, he vowed. “We will take our country back.”
The offers are being made by Clearsprings Ready Homes, one of three private companies contracted by the Home Office to accommodate asylum seekers.
The company is targeting landlords who provide accommodation to councils, students and vulnerable people, including those fleeing domestic abuse.
Councils already struggling to find homes for desperate families now face competition from a contractor offering vastly higher rents to secure properties for asylum seekers.
The Southwark landlord refused to make the switch.
“I didn’t go with them because it would have meant terminating my contract with Southwark Council and putting families at serious risk of homelessness”, he told the Sun.
“I am not prepared to do that. But many landlords just see it as an opportunity to earn more, and just go with them.”
A Reform government led by Nigel Farage would put British people first, reserving social housing for British citizens and removing foreign nationals from existing social housing to free up homes for British applicants.
Reform UK will also detain and deport all illegal immigrants, close the asylum hotels and stop the boats through Operation Fortress. That means leaving the ECHR and deploying the Royal Navy to intercept boats and return those aboard to France.
Photo by: James Read.
