Category Archives for Mears

28th January 20240Asylum Housing, Mears

The Two-Tier System of Housing Safety Standards

Authored by Holly Rooke, a PhD candidate at the University of Sheffield, this blog examines the implications of a two-tier system in housing safety standards, advocating for comprehensive reforms to ensure the well-being of residents…
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Will Government attacks on asylum tenants succeed?
19th May 20230Asylum Housing, Barnsley, Mears, Sheffield

Will Government attacks on asylum tenants succeed?

This week the Government announced plans to remove basic protections to asylum tenants including safety regulations and protections against overcrowded conditions. SYMAAG has worked in solidarity with asylum tenants for safe and dignified asylum accommodation…
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How Mears are putting asylum tenants in danger
15th April 20200Asylum Housing, Campaigns, Mears

How Mears are putting asylum tenants in danger

Along with asylum tenants, SYMAAG has long documented conditions in asylum housing in Yorkshire and the north east. We assumed that when Mears took over the asylum housing contract in our region from G4S in…
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Protect asylum residents – Close Urban House in Wakefield.
10th April 20200Asylum Housing, Campaigns, Mears

Protect asylum residents – Close Urban House in Wakefield.

Asylum residents in Urban House Initial Accommodation Centre in Wakefield are living in overcrowded conditions which endanger their lives. For the past two months as Covid-19 has become a pandemic, people in Urban House hostel…
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