The separate system wasn't created for them. It was pre existing because their are different situations, different kinds of need.So creating a "separate system" that addresses their housing issue immediately ISN'T "preferential treatment???" That is absurd!
If you are worried about the 18,000 on the section 8 waiting list the obvious solution is to raise taxes and invest in affordable housing.
150 asylum seekers won't effect that process one way or another.
Immoral to scapegoat them and pit one group of unfortunate people against another instead of addressing the actual problem.