An extraordinarily dense amount of info here – so here’s a summary of things that stood out
Action points from the SHSH Quarterly Meeting in July included info on
- Impact of SHSH lobbying on Country Information Guidance
- Outcome of Immigration Bill
- DWP and payments to new Refugees, and impact of Universal Credit in North East
- Update on what will replace Section 4: Section 96 (2)
- Good practice on supporting homeless people who have no recourse to public funds (NRPF)
- Expansion of Health Charging for Migrants & Overseas Visitors
- Future direction of Govt Immigration Policy
NACCOM briefing for members on the Right to Rent aka immigration checks on Tenants
- Types of letting are exempted
- Proving you have “a right to rent”
- The impact this may have on hosting schemes
Home Office Response to some specific questions from Voluntary and Community Groups working with refugees and asylum seekers including info on
- Referrals of new asylum seekers by the Home Office (and their contractors) to local support providers
- Payment arrangements, including delays, and back-payments owing to clients
- The implementation of Universal Credit
- Destitution created by Move On
- Access to legal representation
- Delays in S4 and S95
- Delays in issuing HC2 documents
- Delays to accessing health care following dispersal
- and lots more besides
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