Five towns in line for asylum seeker houses under £100m Labour scheme as locals left furious

Five towns in line for asylum seeker houses under £100m Labour scheme as locals left furious

Residents across five towns have been left furious after their councils signed up for a scheme that would convert local properties into temporary housing for asylum seekers.Thanet District Council has now joined four others, Peterborough, Brighton and Hove, Hackney, and Powys, for the scheme which would see councils buy existing properties, or refurbish derelict ones, to house asylum seekers previously living in hotels. The Home Office has curre…