[LRUG] Homes For Ukraine Scheme - tech to fill the gap?

[Christine Wong]

Hi Patrick,

Do you need help with this? My partner is Ukrainian so he would probably be
delighted to help where he can.

On Mon, Mar 14, 2022 at 6:56 PM Patrick Gleeson <patrick.c.gleeson at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> It sounds like <https://archive.ph/ZSQiY> the initial implementation of
> the UK's 'Homes for Ukraine' scheme will only allow individuals in this
> country to offer housing to Ukrainian refugees if they can specifically
> name them. This is because there's no vetting process, so de-risks opening
> up your home to a total stranger. BUT for people who have a spare room or
> two and are happy to take in a stranger, it makes it much harder to help.
>
> There's a suggestion that Brits with spare rooms and Ukrainians trying to
> enter the UK can find each other via social media, but that seems wildly
> inefficient.
>
> It seems to me that a really simple web-app, where people can list their
> availabilities/requirements and find contact details of people who match,
> could be knocked up in Rails in about an hour. And it could do a lot of
> good very fast.
>
> I'm nervous of doing it by myself, because I don't speak Ukrainian, and,
> not having worked in anything to do with immigration/asylum/UK govt
> processes, I'm not sure I'm on top of the legal/privacy/security
> constraints a site like that would have to operate under.
>
> Does anyone on this list feel more qualified than me?
>
> Best,
>
> Patrick
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