Accommodation
Resources
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Understanding hoarding
Guidance on understanding hoarding including why people hoard, and how to support someone who has a hoarding issue.
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Preventing evictions and abandonment
Practical guidance for people working in supported accommodation settings to prevent evictions and abandonments.
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Accessing accommodation in the private rented sector
Read our guidance on how to engage with landlords to find accommodation in the private rented sector, along with tips on how to support individuals to maintain their tenancies.
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2023 Annual Review of Support for Single Homeless People in England
Homeless Link's annual survey of homelessness sector support tracks changes in the nature and availability of services, the support needs and circumstances of the people accessing services, and opportunities and challenges for the sector.
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Supported Housing and Housing Benefit
Watch our webinar on an introduction to Housing Benefit for accommodation service providers.
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Prevention Into Action
Research exploring the gaps and opportunities for locally-led homelessness prevention in England.
News
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Proper funding for high-quality supported housing is needed to fully meet people’s needs
Adequate funding for housing and support is essential to meeting the complex needs of our residents, writes Mark Grant of Action Homeless, as part of the Reset Homelessness campaign.
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Enhanced housing benefit is putting some supported housing charities at risk
The funding cuts and restrictions facing supported housing charities are putting people’s lives at risk, writes Tom Neumark of Porchlight, as part of the Reset Homelessness campaign.
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How can homelessness services be expected to deliver with only short-term funding?
The tailored support we offer requires a far more nuanced approach than short-term funding cycles allow for, writes Chris Keating of Connection Support, as part of Inside Housing and Homeless Link’s Reset Homelessness campaign.
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Annual review of the sector reveals immense pressures
Key findings from Homeless Link 2023 research into single homelessness support and how this important evidence supports our government influencing work.
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Reset Homelessness: Breaking the cycle to deliver a homelessness system that works for all
In the first comment piece for Homeless Link and Inside Housing's Reset Homelessness campaign, Sophie Boobis emphasises the importance of a systemic review of homelessness funding for repairing the social fabric of our country.
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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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Improving nutrition among people experiencing homelessness
Join Homeless Link and Providence Row as we launch research that aims to enhance nutrition and recovery among people experiencing homelessness and share practical actions that homelessness staff can take to improve access to healthy food and nutrition for the people they support.
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Housing in Housing First
Come along to our free webinar where we will hear from four different Housing First services about the ways they have worked to increase the supply of social housing, manage effective partnerships with housing providers, and adopt the Housing First principles into housing management teams.
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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.
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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.
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Housing Law: tenancies and licences
This one day course will explore common issues relating to tenancies and licences.
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Housing Law: DIY Possessions
Build on your knowledge, skills and confidence on Section 21 to enable you to prepare and present information in county court proceedings for possession of assured shorthold tenancy (AST).
Online Members £125pp, Non-Members £165pp