Private Rented Housing: Rents
Commons · Question 76290 · Tabled 10 Sep 2025 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 16 Sep 2025
Question
Asked by Chris Philp
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to ensure that long-standing tenants in Croydon are not (a) evicted and (b) displaced by higher rental offers made to landlords by (i) Serco and (ii) other contractors.
Answer
Answered by Alex Norris, 16 Sep 2025
The Home Office has a legal obligation to provide accommodation for asylum seekers who would otherwise be destitute, whilst their claims are being processed.This Government is determined to restore order to the asylum system so that it operates swiftly, f...