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Guidance
Commissioning Homelessness Services: Building Good Practice
Updated: 06 Aug 2026
Insights from discussions held within our Commissioners' Forum Community of Practice series, covering five good practice areas: co-production, addressing the increasing complexity of need of service users, finding buildings for services, substance misuse in commissioned services, and the impact of the Supported Housing (Regulation and Oversight) Act on commissioning.
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Guidance
Commissioning homelessness services
Updated: 04 Aug 2026
This guide describes and gives good practice examples and approaches at each stage of the commissioning cycle, specifically for commissioning homelessness services.
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Guidance
Delivering Housing First from inception to sustainability
Updated: 01 May 2026
Toolkit and guidance to support Housing First providers across all elements of service delivery.
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Guidance
Providing pet-inclusive services
Updated: 28 Nov 2025
Guidance on the importance of being a pet-inclusive service, including a video discussing common misconceptions of pet-ownership and homelessness, with practical solutions to pet-inclusivity.
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Guidance
Principles for Rough Sleeping Outreach
Updated: 18 Oct 2024
This document details the core principles required for designing and delivering rough sleeping outreach services in England.
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Guidance
Influencing for change (Women’s Homelessness)
Updated: 21 Mar 2024
This briefing provides ‘Top Tips from the Frontline’ on influencing for change in the response of systems and services to women’s homelessness.
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Guidance
Housing First for Commissioners
Updated: 09 Jan 2024
We have produced and compiled a set of up-to-date guidance and practical resources to support the commissioning of successful Housing First services. You may also be interested in our research reports.
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Webinar
London PLUS Grants/Funding Do's and Don'ts webinar
Updated: 05 Sep 2023
A recording of a webinar jointly delivered by Homeless Link's London Plus programme and the grants and funding team, providing advice for grants and funding bids.
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Webinar
London PLUS: OP FORTITUDE webinar
Updated: 05 Sep 2023
A recording of a webinar jointly delivered by Homeless Link's London Plus programme and OP FORTITUDE explaining their offer.