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Living next to asylum seeker HMO, ask me anything

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JapanesePotWeed · 24/09/2026 20:28

As the title says. I live in a Victorian mid-terrace, wall-to-wall, garden-to-garden with an asylum seeker dispersal HMO. They were moved in nearly two years ago, replacing a multi-generation family that were living there before.
There is another HMO directly opposite my house, where asylum seekers get rooms once they are approved to remain but don't have an income to support themselves.

Not AIBU but more like AMA. I'm wondering what people would ask me if they really could ask anything. Does anyone actually want to know what it is like? I hear a lot of political point scoring in the media regarding this topic but no one actually talks to people like me!

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Sober23 · 24/09/2026 20:47

Do any professionals visit and monitor or have a presence or are they just left to fend for themselves?

JapanesePotWeed · 24/09/2026 20:45

Deafnotdumb · 24/09/2026 20:35

How do they conduct themselves? What do the ones who have leave to remain do?

The ones who stay go to courses. A lot of courses. Some go to English lessons and of course barbering is popular. Some do shifts in takeaways. All complain about the shared accommodation and hope to get a house/flat.

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JapanesePotWeed · 24/09/2026 20:41

Deafnotdumb · 24/09/2026 20:35

How do they conduct themselves? What do the ones who have leave to remain do?

The conduct is a mixed bag, as some move out, the others move in. This transience really is the scary thing as you just never know who will be there next!
Sometimes there are lovely, prolonged quiet times. But there have been issues with drug dealing, weed smoking and illegal working for Just Eat and Deliveroo. The working was awful with all the bikes coming and going. We share an alley between my house and theirs and it was blocked every day with food bags and bikes.

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JapanesePotWeed · 24/09/2026 20:35

JuneSoon · 24/09/2026 20:32

What % men. What % women.

It's only men. 5-6 at any given time. I've seen many come and go in the two years. The house opposite is only men as well.

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Deafnotdumb · 24/09/2026 20:35

How do they conduct themselves? What do the ones who have leave to remain do?

JuneSoon · 24/09/2026 20:32

What % men. What % women.

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