We spent the whole of the next day phoning and trying to visit apartments close to us that would be suitable for the family. We were a bit taken back by the range of excuses we were given once we told prospective landlords that we wanted the apartment for a Syrian refugee family we are sponsoring. After hearing that a place is available then being given a range of reasons why they wouldn’t rent it to us (the building doesn’t accept children under 7, no kids allowed, they will be too noisy, the apartment will be too small, it won’t work or a just plain no way) you start to wonder what exactly is going on. Anyway at the end of the day we eventually found a place in an apartment building that would be great for them. Next we organised for the FD staff team to help out over the weekend to get the place organised and ready.
