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SAFE HOMES now

Private companies are profiting millions of pounds each year from taxpayer-funded Home Office contracts, while keeping asylum seekers in squalid and unsafe conditions.

Safe Homes, Not Hotels is a campaign led by our Action Group: 35 LGBTQIA+ asylum seekers fighting for safe, dignified housing instead of dangerous hotel accommodation.

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we research

Our groundbreaking 2025 report, platformed the real experiences of people seeking asylum in the so-called 'hotels'.

we find solutions

Our Safe Accommodation Checklist, written by our Action Group, outlines a set of minimum standards the UK government can adopt today to make safe and suitable housing for people seeking asylum.

we raise voices

Bell Ribeira-Addy MP put forward a motion in Parliament, signed by 15 MPs in support of our Safe Accommodation Checklist.

Our lived experience activists speak to the media, in schools and at events, raising awareness of their own experiences for a more compassionate future.

we create

Our No Escape Room installation invites members of the public to experience a 'hotel' room themselves - and take action.

Find us at festivals in 2026.

we advocate

Our open letters to the Home Secretary have been signed by over 20,000 people.

Last year supporters in almost every constituency in the UK contacted their MPs in support of our Safe Accommodation Checklist.

The Checklist was put forward in Parliament as an Early Day Motion, signed by 15 MPs (more on that here).

most importantly: we organise

We are strong when we act together.

Join the movement below to hear how you can hear more about our campaigns and take action today.

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