Multiple Occupation: Undocumented Migrants
Commons · Question 87305 · Tabled 3 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record
Answered 11 Nov 2025
Question
Asked by Wendy Morton
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of houses of multiple occupation being used to accommodate illegal migrants on (a) the wider private rented housing sector (b)
Answer
Answered by Matthew Pennycook, 11 Nov 2025
In accordance with the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999, the Home Office has a statutory obligation to provide destitute asylum seekers with accommodation and subsistence support while their applications for asylum are being considered. Accommodation is pr...