Asylum housing shifts from inns to longer-term lodgingprinted at 10:02 GMT
Rob England
BBC Verify senior knowledge journalist
The variety of asylum seekers housed in inns has fallen, as extra persons are moved into longer-term lodging, in response to the newest Home Office figures.
As of December 2025, 30,657 folks had been staying in inns, down 19% in contrast with December final yr.
Hotel use peaked at round 56,000 in September 2023.
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An additional 72,769 folks had been housed in longer-term lodging, together with homes in a number of occupation (HMOs) and “other accommodation”, such as repurposed former army websites together with Wethersfield in Essex.
Asylum seekers are entitled to housing if they can not help themselves whereas their declare is being thought-about. Hotels are used when different varieties of lodging shouldn’t be obtainable.
Ministers have pledged to finish the usage of asylum inns by the tip of this parliament, arguing they’re considerably dearer than longer-term housing.
