Benefits and Employment
Resources
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Our Manifesto to End Homelessness
With a general election looming in 2024, we have published our manifesto to end homelessness. Drawn from from our unique position as the membership body for over 800 homelessness organisations across England. It builds on work with our members, on engagement with specialists and experts and on the rich body of evidence on what works to end homelessness, outlining our core ambitions of the next government.
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Welfare Benefits for EU Nationals
This webinar lays out the fundamental principles of welfare benefit entitlements for EU nationals with different immigration statuses.
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Universal Credit Easements: Briefing for Homelessness Services
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.
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Employing people with lived experience
Hear about successful models and best practice around employing people with lived experience.
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Working Together toolkit
Developing relationships with Job Centre Plus.
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Homeless Link sign joint letter warning welfare cuts will increase homelessness
Homeless Link sign joint letter warning welfare cuts will increase homelessness
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Select Committee backs focus on homelessness prevention to address “crisis”
On 03 March 2025, the Housing, Communities and Local Government Select Committee published a new report on children in temporary accommodation.
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Homeless Link sign Open Letter on welfare reforms
Homeless Link back coalition speaking out on welfare reforms
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Youth homelessness needs ambitious funding, not arbitrary discounts
There is a tendency to believe youth homelessness does not exist so it is not properly funded, writes Phil Kerry of New Horizon Youth Centre, as part of Inside Housing and Homeless Link’s Reset Homelessness campaign.
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Universal Credit Managed Migration
The DWP has started a process to move all claimants of legacy benefits onto Universal Credit. This blog gives advice to homelessness services on how to support people through this transition.
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Why we need to make work pay for everyone
The difference between how Housing Benefit and Universal Credit calculate earnings mean some people living in hostels are actually worse off if they find employment. BHT Sussex have launched a campaign to address this.
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Camden Rough Sleeping Forum
Join us for an opportunity to meet peers and colleagues across the sector in Camden. The Forum is open to community groups, faith groups, voluntary and statutory partners. We aim to create a safe space for open and solution focus conversations that shape future work and influence future commissioning in Camden.
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Rural Community of Practice Session 5: A reflective space
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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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Quarterly Reflective Space for Outreach Workers
Come along to our final quarterly session for outreach workers where we will reflect on current challenges, and collectively think of potential solutions and good practice.
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