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To celebrate Co-production Week, Matthew Bushnell from Mary Seacole Housing Association shares the experience of co-production in Luton where experts by experience, commissioners and service providers have been working together to support the Local Authority to draft a new strengths-based specification for their commissioned housing-related support services.

NACCOM’s Community Research volunteer group has been working with Homeless Link to explore experiences of accessing support from local authorities throughout the pandemic. Following the publication of the project report, the Community Researchers share their thoughts on its findings and recommendations.

Reflections on the learnings of the second year evaluation of Westminster VAWG Housing First

Today, Homeless Link is pleased to launch a new report in partnership with NACCOM – The No Accommodation Network, Unlocking the door: A roadmap for supporting non-UK nationals facing homelessness in England.

Homeless Link's Response to the 2021-22 Annual CHAIN figures, showing a reduction in the number of people rough sleeping in London.

Thanks to funding from Comic Relief, Homeless Link was able to launch the Housing First Fund in 2019 to support five very different Housing First specialist roles. Today, we launch a new learning report discussing the challenges, successes and key learnings from the five grantees.

People working in homelessness services, or supporting people who are homeless in other ways, need to be aware of the risks to health that hot weather brings.

Homeless Link is sitting on the steering board for a major new research project into rural homelessness.

Homeless Link has joined the Renters Reform Coalition ahead of important government legislation.

Amy Blackburn is a Volunteer working on StreetLink's referral line. She writes about how volunteering helps her feel like she's making a difference.

We have just launched a new survey to help us understand challenges and successes in recruiting and retaining high-quality staff and individual workers’ abilities to progress and develop throughout their careers.

The Government has asked for views on a replacement for the Vagrancy Act. Homeless Link consulted our members and this is a summary of our findings.

With commissioning season in full swing, a roundtable organised by Homeless Link and the Local Government Association in April 22 explored and shared some good practices from the perspective of providers and commissioners.

Homeless Link's Young and Homeless research has been cited in a report that calls for the government to address rising numbers of young care leavers becoming homeless by introducing a series of stronger safeguards, a report warns.

St Mungo's have announced the sudden passing of their CEO Steve Douglas CBE.

New Statutory Homelessness statistics for October to December 2021 show a big rise in the number of people made homeless through private sector evictions.

Our new animation follows the story of Jade and how a Strength-based Approach helps her build on her skills and achieve her goals.

As infection rates remain high it's timely to reflect on how the Government’s Living with Covid Plan is impacting on homelessness services and take stock of what’s happening around testing and vaccination.

Homelessness and trauma often go hand in hand. But many services don’t fully understand trauma’s impact on people. Through shining a spotlight on two members, we explore what can be achieved through embedding a trauma informed approach.

The consultation is a great opportunity to provide evidence which could lead to embedding more compassionate, support-led approaches across the country.