News - Positive Action in Housing

7 September 2023

Open Letter challenging changes to the move-on period

Recent shifts in policy have seen people who have secured refugee status facing severely reduced move-on periods, leaving them at risk of homelessness and destitution in the weeks after getting asylum.

26 August 2023

Family-owned business makes 10k donation to pioneering project sheltering refugees

Positive Action in Housing - whose pioneering project Room for Refugees rehomes displaced people - is being given )10,000 by one of the city's leading employers!

14 August 2023

More Channel drownings, incompetence, and bare-faced racism

THE latest tragedy in the English Channel underlines the need to urgently establish a system of viable, safe routes for refugees from countries like Syria, Iran, and Afghanistan. The tactics adopted by the Home Office are not stopping "the boats". A different approach is needed.

12 August 2023

Six refugees dead after boat capsizes crossing from France to UK

Six people died after a boat carrying refugees and asylum seekers heading to Britain sank in the English Channel, French maritime officials said, as a search continued to find those still missing.

12 August 2023

Calls for Braverman to resign following Legionella outbreak on the ageing Bibby Stockholm

The Home Secretary, Suella Braverman, is facing heavy criticism and pressure to resign after the Bibby Stockholm was found to be contaminated with Legionella.

5 August 2023

Remembering Karen Abrams

Karen and her husband, Revd Len Abrams, volunteered with and supported the work of Positive Action in Housing since 2015 when the Syrian refugee crisis began. The couple were ambassadors for our Room for Refugees programme.

5 August 2023

Government condemned for ‘shameful’ eviction of thousands of Afghan refugees from hotels

The government has begun a “shameful” campaign of evicting thousands of Afghan refugees from hotels across Britain. All of the Afghans facing homelessness were evacuated by Britain during the fall of Kabul – many due to their heroic work with British forces during the 20-year conflict.

27 July 2023

500 days since the Homes for Ukraine scheme

Today marks 500 days since the UK launched its Homes for Ukraine scheme. So how’s it gone so far? Has the scheme been a success? Should the UK government be doing more to help Ukrainian refugees? Should a similar system be created to help refugees from other countries?

26 July 2023

Statement on the Illegal Migration Act

We have been reflecting, this week, on the Illegal Migration Act that was made law last week. This Act shows a flagrant disregard for the lives and wellbeing of people seeking safety, demonstrating the deterioration of the values and structures created to protect them.

22 July 2023

Civil society statement against the passage of the Illegal Migration Bill, July 2023

As a coalition of 290 organizations representing human rights, migrants' rights, refugee and asylum, anti-trafficking, disability rights, health, housing, racial justice, criminal justice, faith, access to justice, and other sectors, we condemn the passage of the Illegal Migration Act.