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Cost-of-living crisis hurting a third of Homes for Ukraine sponsors
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ALMOST a third of current and former sponsors taking part in the Homes for Ukraine scheme are struggling to host refugees due to the cost-of-living crisis, research suggests.
About a fifth (21 per cent) of hosts said rising prices have affected their ability to provide support to refugee families “quite a lot,” while a further 9 per cent said it did “very much,” according to an Office for National Statistics (ONS) survey.
One in five hosts said they did not intend to host Ukrainian refugees beyond the minimum six-month period required to take part in the scheme.
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