Home Safe
We believe everyone should have the right to open and close their own front door and feel safe and secure in their own accommodation. Sadly for many people this isn’t the case.
Our Home Safe strategy
- Undertake a comprehensive review of the full range of accommodation options that are available to individuals and couples experiencing homelessness, to include the scale, scope and quality of services across the country. Use the findings of this review to make recommendations for the future development of accommodation services
- Drive the scaling up of high fidelity Housing First as a solution for people facing multiple disadvantage for whom traditional models don’t work
- Working with partners, support the development of data-informed housing and homelessness strategies at both a local and national level, which tackle rough sleeping and other forms of homelessness, including hidden homelessness
- Strengthen links and explore partnerships with relevant housing and funding/investment organisations in order to increase the availability of high quality, affordable accommodation for people experiencing homelessness
- Campaign to secure positive progress on the need for adequate and long term secure funding for supported housing in all its forms, as part of a comprehensive welfare safety net
Forthcoming events on accommodation
These are some of our forthcoming training and events on accommodation:
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Housing First Fidelity Framework: self-reflection tool action plans
Community of Practice for Housing First practitioners and managers focused on using the new Housing First fidelity assurance framework.
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Homelessness Law, Practice and the Homelessness Reduction Act
Develop your understanding of the statutory duties the people you support may be owed by Local Authorities, including the duties of the Homelessness Reduction Act.
Latest resources published on accommodation
These are the latest Homeless Link publications on accommodation:
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2022 Annual Review of Support for Single Homeless People in England
Updated: 02/12/24
The annual survey of services for people who at risk of homelessness shows an increase in demand for services, whilst the number of bed spaces is reducing. It highlights a growth in the number of people presenting with complex needs.
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Supported Housing and Housing Benefit
Updated: 18/10/24
Watch our webinar on an introduction to Housing Benefit for accommodation service providers.
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SWEP and winter provision toolkit
Updated: 17/10/24
A toolkit to help local authorities and homelessness service providers develop suitable responses during the winter and periods of severe weather.
Latest news on accommodation
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Home Office confirms that evictions from asylum accommodation will pause when SWEP is activated
From the 18th November 2024, with immediate effect, the Home Office has confirmed that evictions of individuals from asylum accommodation will pause for a period of up to, but no more than, 3 days when Severe Weather Emergency Protocol (SWEP) is activated by a Local Authority.
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More than 110 homelessness CEOs call for National Insurance support
Homeless Link has coordinated a letter to the Chancellor laying out the sectors' acute concerns on the impact of the increased National Insurance contributions.
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Homeless Link responds to the Autumn Budget 2024
Increased funding for homelessness is welcome but clarity is urgently needed to avoid a further surge in rough sleeping as services are forced to close their doors.