Knowledge Hub

How can homelessness services support residents who use drugs, while remaining within the law?

This briefing outlines the Universal Credit Easement Policy, how to request an easement, and provides a letter template for homelessness services to use when advocating for a client to obtain an easement on their claim.

This document sets out a range of steps to help you set up or review your local multi-agency meetings and structures. We hope it will help you to improve joint working locally.

People experiencing homelessness can be particularly vulnerable to the effects of COVID-19. There are many reasons for this, including insecure or overcrowded living situations, underlying health conditions and distrust of healthcare providers.

Homeless Link worked with national digital inclusion charity, The Good Things Foundation, as part of a four-year project from 2016 to 2020 to explore how digital support is offered in the homelessness sector and how it could be improved.

A case study of how Homeless Link supported Reading Borough Council to consulta with stakeholders over the future of their Rough Sleeping Initiative Programme 2022-25. The case study details the approach taken and the outcomes.

Crisis and the National Police Chiefs Council produced guidance in 2021 for local authorities, police forces and voluntary sector services on practical ways to respond to rough sleeping and begging with a focus on alternatives to enforcement. It was produced prior to the repeal of the Vagrancy Act.

Guidance for voluntary sector organisations in England.

Hep C is curable, yet people often remain untreated until it is too late. How can staff in homelessness services take action to save lives?

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has announced £3 million (£1m Capital and £2m Revenue) of transformation funding for the homelessness, faith, community and voluntary sector to provide the safest possible accommodation (individual rooms / self-contained).

Case studies from March to July 2020.

Supporting people to manage their medication, while promoting individual choice and control.