Sector Collaboration

In our mission to end rough sleeping, we work in partnership across the sector to advocate for systemic solutions.

Our collaborations with other organisations

Joint sector letter on local housing allowance

Led by the Chartered Institute of Housing, this letter urges Government to unfreeze LHA rates to improve housing affordability.

Making work pay in supported accommodation

A briefing with Centrepoint and other industry partners discussing how the benefit system penalises residents of supported housing.

A Safe Place to Recover for All

A joint letter run by Pathway urging the Government to stop the practice of discharging people from hospital to the street, shifting care from hospital to the community.

Supported Housing Work Disincentive

A joint briefing for MPs explaining how the benefits system disadvantages people in supported housing when they go into work, and the solutions that would resolve this.

Pathways to Work Green Paper

A joint letter to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions opposing the welfare cuts set out in the Pathways to Work Green Paper.

National Insurance support

A joint letter from 110 Homelessness organisation CEOs raising urgent concerns about the impact of the rise to National Insurance contributions.

Rough Sleeping Initiative Funding

A joint letter to the Chancellor ahead of the Autumn Budget to request an extension and uplift of Rough Sleeping Initiative funding which is due to end at the end of March 2025

The Women’s Rough Sleeping Census

Joint letter to Angela Rayner MP, Rushanara Ali MP, Jess Phillips MP, Bridget Phillipson MP and Baroness Merron to share the results of the SHP and Solace census.

Repeal the Vagrancy Act

Joint letter to Lucy Powell MP, urging for an end to the criminalisation of homelessness by immediately scrapping the Vagrancy Act.

Social housing allocation

A CIH joint letter to the Prime Minister and Secretary of State, expressing concerns around the “British homes for British workers” scheme and lack of social housing.

Action needed to improve the public’s health

Joint letter to the Chancellor alongside the Association of Directors of Public Health, highlighting the urgent action needed to improve the nation’s health.

Spring Budget funding for services

An open letter to Jeremy Hunt MP, calling for additional funding for homelessness to be released in the Spring Budget to help services stay afloat.

Build more social homes

A joint letter co-ordinated by NHF as part of the #PlanForHousing campaign, focusing on the impact of poor, unstable housing on children.

Amend the Criminal Justice Bill

Joint letter to James Cleveley MP urging amendments to the Criminal Justice Bill which would have led to the criminalisation of people rough sleeping.

Preventing Women's homelessness

Ahead of the 2024 election, a joint letter with Single Homeless Project and Solace to government calling to put women's homelessness on the agenda.

Refugee homelessness accommodation

A joint letter to the Home Secretary calling for and extension of the move-on period from 28 days to at least 56 days in asylum accommodation.

Refugee health concerns

A joint letter led by Pathway, medics and homelessness charities call for a reversal of asylum policy due to significant health risks and NHS pressures.

Homelessness and asylum

Joint letter to party leaders to call for designing homelessness out of the asylum and immigration system.

Impact of Private Rented Sector on Homelessness

A joint letter with Commonweal on the urgent action required to improve and enable move-on from homelessness services to the Private Rented Sector

Homelessness and asylum

Joint letter co-ordinated by Homeless Link to party leaders, discussing the 27% rise in rough sleeping in 2023 and 60% over the past two years.

Build more social homes

Co-ordinated by Shelter, a joint letter to party leaders, Rishi Sunak, Keir Starmer, Ed Davey. Supporting the support the Made in Social Housing campaign.

Sector Collaboration

Our collaborations with other organisations

Joint sector letter on local housing allowance

Making work pay in supported accommodation

A Safe Place to Recover for All

Supported Housing Work Disincentive

Pathways to Work Green Paper

National Insurance support

Rough Sleeping Initiative Funding

The Women’s Rough Sleeping Census

Repeal the Vagrancy Act

Social housing allocation

Action needed to improve the public’s health

Spring Budget funding for services

Build more social homes

Amend the Criminal Justice Bill

Preventing Women's homelessness

Refugee homelessness accommodation

Refugee health concerns

Homelessness and asylum

Impact of Private Rented Sector on Homelessness

Homelessness and asylum

Build more social homes

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