For Housing Providers
Resources
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Providing pet-inclusive services
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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Becoming a Registered Provider of Social Housing
Guidance on the stages of applying to be a Registered Provider of Social Housing, including details of what documentation is required at each stage.
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Securing housing for Housing First
Three case studies help to illustrate innovative ways to overcome the challenges of securing appropriate housing for Housing First.
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Safeguarding Adults at Risk
Guidance on safeguarding adults, including how to raise a safeguarding alert and the role of Safeguarding Adults Boards.
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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.
News
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Launch of consultation to expand access to naloxone
The government has announced proposals to widen access to naloxone, launching a UK-wide consultation that will run until 9th March 2026.
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A home is the only way to end homelessness
Alex Smith reflects on the inaugural European Housing First Partners Conference, held in Berlin in early November 2025.
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Fair Funding 2.0 consultation 2025 – Homeless Link’s response
Homeless Link has submitted a response to the government consultation on how local authorities are funded. You can read a summary here.
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Have your say on a reformed Decent Homes Standard
The Government is currently consulting on a reformed Decent Homes Standard for social and privately rented homes. This could impact on providers of supported accommodation and other services that aim to end and prevent homelessness.
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New regulations to remove local connection rules for care leavers and victims of domestic abuse to access social housing
Starting today (10th July 2025), new regulations have come into effect to exempt care leavers under 25 and victims of domestic abuse from any local connection or residency tests for social housing applied by Local Authorities in England.
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Making housing work for Housing First
Cathy Michaels from Bromford Housing Association, describes her Housing First journey from sceptic to advocate, to clear up misconceptions hampering social housing provider involvement.
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Palliative Care and Homelessness
A free webinar exploring the importance of integrating palliative and end of life care within the homelessness sector.
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Supported Housing Frontline Practice Forum: the intake process
A free interactive session for frontline workers in supported housing services, focused on how we can ensure the intake process (how someone is welcomed into a service) is trauma-informed.
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Supported Housing Managers Practice Forum: the intake process
A free interactive session for managers of supported housing services exploring how changes to policies and procedures during the intake process, can impact how someone settles into their accommodation.
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Applying trauma-informed care in supported housing services
A free webinar to hear about the impact of applying trauma-informed care within supported housing services, featuring a premier of our new animation.
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Supported Housing Managers Practice Forum: Burnout & Moral Injury
A free interactive session aimed at managers in supported housing services focused on supporting staff with burnout and introducing the concept of moral injury.
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Good Practice Learning Session: supporting women experiencing homelessness
A free, interactive session led by our National Practice Development Team with a focus on supporting women experiencing homelessness.
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