A Bill to make provision for national minimum standards in accommodation offered to refugees and asylum seekers; and for connected purposes.
House of Commons
1 November 2023
The Housing Standards (Refugees and Asylum Seekers) Bill would set national minimum standards for the accommodation offered to refugees and asylum seekers. It aims to ensure living conditions are safe, decent and suitable, and to clarify who is responsible for providing and maintaining accommodation. It also sets out a framework for monitoring, reporting and enforcing these standards and related matters.
The bill is at the initial stage in the Commons, currently at 1st reading; it has not yet progressed to the Second Reading or committee stages. If it advances, it would move on to subsequent readings and committee scrutiny.
Generated 21 February 2026
The 2022-2023 session of Parliament has prorogued and this Bill will make no further progress.
No recorded votes for this bill yet.
