Hosting an asylum seeker or refugee through our hosting scheme

Your hospitality can change someone’s life

Do you have a spare room that you could offer to a homeless asylum-seeker, refugee or other migrant in need?

The Diocese of London work in partnership with the charity Housing Justice, who run two distinct ‘migrant homelessness projects’; they train and support ordinary people to welcome asylum seekers and refugees through two schemes:

1. Hosting– Hosts give their spare room to welcome destitute migrants (including people seeking asylum). By welcoming people into your home, you can help to provide safe accommodation when there are no other options.
2. Lodgings – Resident Landlords welcome a newly granted refugee as a lodger for a 6-month period, preventing rough sleeping and providing the safety and stability needed to transition into private rent market. Resident landlords earn rental income (see poster below for more details).

When did we see you as a stranger and invite you in?
Matthew 25.38

Hosting offers a practical and supported way for anyone within Diocese of London to provide the safety and stability such people urgently need. You do not need to be a member of clergy to become a host, you just need to live in London and have a spare room.

Hosting or Lodging with Housing Justice has the support of the Bishops in the Diocese of London together with the Diocesan Registry, Safeguarding and Property Teams.