Home Secretary Suella Braverman is being asked to release funding to Aberdeen City Council to bring homes back into use for Afghan refugees.
Around 170 refugees from Afghanistan are understood to be living in two hotels in Aberdeen after fleeing the country.
Aberdeen Central SNP MSP Kevin Stewart wants the UK Government to provide the cash.
In September, the Scottish Government made £50 million available for councils to refurbish homes that would otherwise not be available for let.
Aberdeen City Council will spend £6.5 million bringing buildings back into use as part of the nationwide effort to accommodate people displaced by war in Ukraine.
Demand for cash
Mr Stewart said the UK Government “must do the same” and provide cash to enable the 170 Afghan refugees in the city to move from hotels into homes.
The home secretary recently came under fire for describing migrants crossing the English Channel in small boats as an “invasion”.
The UK Government has been forced to tackle overcrowding at the Manston immigration processing centre in Kent in recent days.
Mr Stewart added: “The rhetoric from the Suella Braverman has been nothing shy of appalling while her asylum processing times have been shocking leaving desperate people in awful conditions and councils left to pick up the pieces.
“It’s time Ms Braverman provided money to councils, like Aberdeen, to resettle Afghan refugees rather than blaming anyone and everyone for her government’s disastrous and cruel immigration policy.”
Aberdeen City Council leader Alex Nicoll supports more funding coming forward to help the council rehome Afghan refugees.
He added: “I do think we should be trying to provide people with a more positive and long-term accommodation solution.
“One of the options to do that is to provide us with the necessary funding that we can take properties that are currently sitting void back into use and actually help these people moving forward.”
Council officers raised concerns earlier this week over the “massive impact” of overseas students and Ukrainian refugees on council services such as education.
In a single week, 30 children – enough to fill an entire class – joined one Aberdeen school this August.
The Home Office was approached for comment.