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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Diane Taylor

Home Office plans to ditch housing protections for asylum seekers face legal challenge

Terraced houses in Liverpool, Merseyside
The changes exempt landlords from regulations governing everything from electrical safety to minimum room sizes. Photograph: Carl Recine/Reuters

Three families seeking asylum in the UK have launched a legal challenge against new Home Office rules to ditch basic housing protections for tens of thousands in this group.

The Guardian revealed last month that ministers were removing these basic protections, which govern houses in multiple occupation, from asylum seekers, as part of their plan to move tens of thousands out of hotels and into the private rented sector.

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