An Essex support group fears many families who fled their country could find themselves homeless.
There are 76 Afghan families in the county, with an average of five to six people in each, in need of permanent accommodation, according to figures from Essex County Council and Southend City Council.
Eddie Campbell, from Essex Integration, a project which supports Afghans in hotels, said they called letting agents regarding 60-70 properties per week, but "less than 1% will actually take a family on". He said he worked as a taxi driver and had tried to rent a three-bedroom property in Chelmsford, but had been told he would need three times the income and a guarantor with at least £40,000."Another hotel, temporary accommodation, permanent accommodation, house, flat? No idea. Everyone is worried in my family.""[They said] we would be happy to go back and die there, because hotel life is killing me every day," he said.
He added that "the lack of notice is the challenge" because "there is only a limited supply of housing whether it is public or private". Southend City Council said it was "working hard, and with good success, to get [refugees] suitable places to live, both here and in other towns and cities of their choosing".
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