According to the humanitarian organization, of the 200,000 refugees taken in by U.K. families, those at risk of homelessness are now four times the British average for families.
According to the Red Cross report titled Finding a Safe Home, many U.K. families can no longer afford to provide for their Ukrainian guests on the money they were receiving, while many of the hosts were not getting all of the benefits they were due to receive for putting refugees up.
U.K. families are entitled to a £200 per month grant per individual they took in, plus a monthly £300 thankyou payment after one year.
Breakdowns in relations between the host families and the Ukrainians living with them are also common in cases where homelessness is threatened.
The organization lists “insufficient training for hosts, cost-of-living pressures, and guests needing to stay longer than first anticipated due to a lack of other options“ as reasons for these living arrangements not working out.
The report recommends better training for British families in the scheme and help for people passing through the scheme to access the private rental sector and affordable housing.
A similar help project in Poland called the 40+ scheme, giving families 40 złotys (around €8) for each Ukrainian person taken in, was extended at the end of June for another 15 months.
However, there were moves to stop the scheme on the grounds that some host families were taking the payments but charging additional rent.
At the same time, child benefit payments for Ukrainian families were limited only to those who sent their children to school in Poland.
U.K. families are entitled to a £200 per month grant per individual they took in, plus a monthly £300 thankyou payment after one year.
Breakdowns in relations between the host families and the Ukrainians living with them are also common in cases where homelessness is threatened.
The organization lists “insufficient training for hosts, cost-of-living pressures, and guests needing to stay longer than first anticipated due to a lack of other options“ as reasons for these living arrangements not working out.
The report recommends better training for British families in the scheme and help for people passing through the scheme to access the private rental sector and affordable housing.
A similar help project in Poland called the 40+ scheme, giving families 40 złotys (around €8) for each Ukrainian person taken in, was extended at the end of June for another 15 months.
However, there were moves to stop the scheme on the grounds that some host families were taking the payments but charging additional rent.
At the same time, child benefit payments for Ukrainian families were limited only to those who sent their children to school in Poland.
Source: TVP World, British Red Cross,
