Housing and homelessness
Homeless in Glasgow?
Some useful resources for people from refugee or migrant backgrounds. Remember to check out the interactive food map.
Appointment Clinics and Outreach Surgeries
Free, independent and multilingual advice and information for people from BME, refugee and migrant communities.
Asylum seekers in the UK: How to get a bank account
This briefing tells you how to get a bank account. Content created by Positive Action in Housing. See also: https://www.paih.org/resources/Bank-accounts-uk-asylumseekers
Positive Action Network
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Discover useful contacts and resources for people from BME, refugee, asylum-seeking, and migrant communities. Access a wide range of support organisations that offer multilingual and multicultural services. Resources throughout Scotland and the entire UK. To have your organisation or service included in the online Directory, simply sign up for a login. To claim an existing listing, or to alert us to errors, send an email to home@positiveactionh.org, and we'll be happy to assist you.
Problems with your asylum accommodation?
What to do if you have problems with your asylum accommodation or want to move.
Housing rights and options for Ukrainians - UKR/ENG
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Home office guidance on living in asylum accommodation
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Home Office guide for asylum seekers staying in temporary accommodation while their claim for asylum is assessed.
Moving into a new house
Once someone who is seeking asylum secures their refugee status, they are asked to move on from their temporary asylum accommodation into a permanent private home. This is often rented accommodation. This guide will explain what to do if you have just moved into a rented property.
Hate crime reporting
Hate incidents are any events where you or another person perceive the event to be motivated by prejudice towards a particular group who are protected from such prejudice being directed at them.
How to sue the Home Office
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The Home Office often makes mistakes when exercising its immigration powers. The high appeal success rates bear testimony to this: as many as 50% of some categories of appeal are allowed. However, there are only some limited circumstances where it is possible to extract compensation from the Home Office by means of a court case.
Know your housing rights as a new refugee
Received a positive asylum decision? Are you a newly granted refugee or just been given leave to remain? Have you receive a letter from Mears Group telling you to leave your accommodation? Then read this briefing.