Over the past month, the number of homeless families in Ukraine has increased by 22% – up to 350. The real number of Ukrainians at risk of being on the street is much higher.
Hundreds of families from Ukraine, who came to the UK as refugees, have been left homeless. On Tuesday, October 11, according to The Telegraph.
It is noted that since the beginning of the war, 134,200 Ukrainian refugees have left for the UK. Host Ukrainian families under the Family Visa Scheme and Program Houses for Ukraine 150,000 Britons volunteered. The minimum period for which they are committed to providing housing is six months. For this, each household received a monthly “thank you” from the state in the amount of £350.
Today, according to the publication, the number of Ukrainian families who fled to the UK with official registration as homeless has reached 1915. At the same time, 70% of these families have children.
“The number of homeless Ukrainian families in England increased by 22% in the past month – during this period 350 families were registered as homeless,” the article said.
Experts believe that the real number of Ukrainians at risk of being on the street is much higher.
According to the rules of the program Houses for Ukraineat the end of their stay with a British family, Ukrainians have several options: find a new owner willing to provide housing, rent housing privately, or negotiate with the owner to extend the stay in his house
It should be noted that many refugees from Ukraine cannot afford to rent housing in the UK: when concluding a deal, they must pay three months in advance.
Recall that in August it was reported that more than 40% of Ukrainian refugees in Britain have found work.
Refugees from Ukraine have also been reported to have arrived in the UK under the programme Houses for Ukraine evicted from the street after conflicts with the owners.
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Source: korrespondent
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