SAFE HOMES now
WHY?
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 the COB Advocates: 35 LGBTQIA+ asylum seekers fighting for safe, dignified housing instead of dangerous hotel accommodation.
we research
Our 2025 report platformed the real experiences of people living in asylum accommodation.
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.
Bell Ribeira-Addy MP put forward a motion in Parliament, signed by 15 MPs in support of our Safe Accommodation Checklist.
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we raise voices
Our Advocates 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.
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 (here).
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most importantly: we organise
We are strong when we act together.
Join us to hear how you can hear more about our campaigns and take action today.
