Homes for Ukraine scheme

In March 2022 the government announced the Homes for Ukraine scheme, a humanitarian sponsorship visa scheme allowing individuals, charities, community groups and businesses in the UK to sponsor Ukrainians arriving in the UK. As part of this scheme the government announced that sponsors would receive ‘thank you’ payments for housing an individual or family.

Income tax and corporation tax exemptions for ‘thank you’ payments made by local authorities to sponsors under the Homes for Ukraine scheme will be introduced. Also, temporary reliefs