Refugees face longer waits for housing, settlement agency warns

Plans to stop giving refugees with residency permits priority for social housing will have “worrying consequences” as waiting times increase and they remain stuck in government-run centres, refugee settlement agency COA said on Friday. Housing minister Mona Keijzer said in February that she plans to stop councils giving priority to refugees, who are supposed to move into regular housing within 14 weeks of their applications being approved. Currently, around 70% spend longer waiting for a home, leading to overcrowding in...