Choosing a Supported Housing Provider: The Questions Commissioners Should Ask
Choosing a supported housing provider? The key questions commissioners should ask about governance, finances, staffing, compliance, records and exit planning.
Individual Needs Assessments and Support Plans: What a Supported Housing Provider Has to Evidence
What a supported housing needs assessment and support plan must evidence under the new licensing regime: timing, contents, records and who can see them.
Safeguarding in Supported Accommodation: What Councils and Referrers Should Expect
Who is responsible for safeguarding in supported accommodation, how a concern becomes a section 42 enquiry, and what to test in a provider before you place.
Emergency and Out-of-Hours Placements: What Councils Should Expect From a Provider
What an emergency supported accommodation placement should look like out of hours, the duty that triggers it and the questions councils should ask a provider.
Referring Someone Fleeing Domestic Abuse Into Safe Accommodation: A Guide for Partner Services
How partner services refer someone fleeing domestic abuse into safe accommodation: the routes, what counts as safe accommodation and what a referral should include.
What Is Exempt Accommodation? How Supported Housing Rent Is Actually Funded
Exempt accommodation has a precise legal meaning that decides how supported housing rent is funded. A clear guide for councils, landlords and referral partners.
Move-On from Supported Accommodation: How Providers Plan for It
Move-on is planned from the first week, not the last. How supported housing providers prepare residents for independent living, and what councils should ask.
Supported Accommodation vs Temporary Accommodation vs Social Housing: The Differences That Matter
Supported accommodation, temporary accommodation and social housing are funded, regulated and allocated differently. A plain guide for councils and referrers.
Supported Housing Licensing: What the 2026 Government Response Confirmed
Most of what is currently written about supported housing licensing in England is out of date. Guides still describe a licence per scheme, a Responsible Person Standard and a fit and proper test modelled on HMO licensing. The government response published on GOV.UK and updated on 19 June 2026 changed all three. This is a […]
What Is Supported Accommodation? A Guide for Councils and Referral Partners
Supported accommodation combines a safe home with real support. Here’s what it is, who it’s for, how it’s funded, and the standards councils and partners should expect.