Thanks to Paula Barker for securing the debate on youth homelessness in Parliament today - the issue needs to be highlighted. This debate was a great starting point and Commonweal Housing agree with her heart felt "imploring" of Parliamentary colleagues to keep pushing the issue

🎓Yesterday, we proudly celebrated the @UoBSocialPolic students awarded the Jane Memorial Slowey Bursary from Commonweal. The students gave excellent presentations, delving into the findings of their dissertation research covering broad areas of housing and social injustice.

Thx to Inside Housing for running my latest musings although not really very amusing! A view on 35yrs of good intentions & good ideas at the time. Robbing Peter to pay Paul – learning lessons from past efforts to address the temporary accommodation crisis insidehousing.co.uk/comment/robbin…

A really insightful and considered piece from Ashley Horsey on growth of temporary accommodation use over recent decades. Building social housing is the answer - everything else is merely tinkering around the edges insidehousing.co.uk/comment/robbin…

Ed Tytherleigh great piece Inside Housing “The fact is that legal duties & codes of guidance don’t pay the bills. There is no ring-fenced funding for social care or youth homelessness services” Charities & local authorities – achieving true collaboration insidehousing.co.uk/comment/charit…

Congratulations to all shortlisted nominees and winners at tonights #housingheroes awards. Big shout out to Matthew Harrison Great Places Housing Group for Lifetime achievement in Housing award - well deserved

Next week, Commonweal's Deputy CEO Amy Doyle will chair London Funders Housing & Homelessness network. The session will explore how funders are supporting locally-led solutions to tackle London's housing crisis. Speakers from Trust for London & Homewards. Details below⬇️

WE ARE HIRING Come and join us here Commonweal Housing We are looking for an experienced Policy & Communications Manager to help us find & share #HousingSolutionsToSocialInjustice & to make our comms count. Full details: commonwealhousing.org.uk/commonweal-hir… C/Date 13th September. Please share

"There are plenty of people in night shelters right now ... ready to go - we just can't find a place that is acceptable and able to move in." Thanks to Becky Rice Commonweal Housing & all those who participated in this research #NoAccessNoWayOut new report bit.ly/3Mospxf

Yesterday, we launched our new report #NoAccessNoWayOut. Homelessness organisations and their clients' shared the realities of being trapped in a broken system, with no access to the PRS and benefit barriers to work. Find out more: bit.ly/3Mospxf ⬇️

The high cost of PRS housing means choosing to work, and forgoing housing benefits often makes rent unaffordable. This traps people leaving homelessness in worklessness, creating a poverty trap and leading to feelings of hopelessness... ➡️Learn more: bit.ly/3Mospxf

For those returning after a summer break, a reminder that #NoAccessNoWayOut a new report from Commonweal Housing authored by Becky Rice was published last week. A vital read for anyone concerned about the housing needs of single homeless people More details bit.ly/3Mospxf

Thanks Inside Housing for using this piece Our new report from Commonweal Housing by Becky Rice sheds light on how homeless but stable individuals are stuck in limbo as they cannot afford to leave transitional support services #NoAccessNoWayOut #UKhousing insidehousing.co.uk/comment/move-o…

Move-on is the overlooked part of the homelessness system “When a system is broken, it is not fixed until the whole system is fixed. Otherwise this government runs the risk of addressing the symptoms and headline effects, but not tackling the root cause” insidehousing.co.uk/comment/move-o…

Our new report #NoAccessNoWayOut sheds light on how homeless but stable individuals are stuck in limbo as they cannot afford to leave transitional support services. 🗞️Ashley Horsey shares key learnings from the latest report in Inside Housing ➡️ bit.ly/4cOS8tC

Pround to be shortlisted for Charity Times Awards 24 for Commonweal Housing congratulations to winners Royal British Legion

Housing&social injustices faced by those moving on and away from the criminal justice system has been feature of our work Commonweal Housing for more than 16 years Inside Housing Nacro Why the social housing world should care about criminal justice reform insidehousing.co.uk/comment/why-th…

Delighted to be invited to special preview of #LollipopMovie on behalf of Commonweal Housing the powerful story reflects injustices highlighted by the #ReUnite project: no home so unable to have your children: no children unable to have a family home - terrible Catch 22. Fab film

NEW BLOG: Tonic Housing's Bob Green OBE recounts the creation of Tonic's Bankhouse, the UK's first LGBT+ retirement housing, and Commonweal's role in making this a reality. Read more here: bit.ly/45ERQ8H

Great to see this month's thinkhouse review in Inside Housing, featuring our two latest reports outlining Housing First approaches to address different types of homelessness: - Rural homelessness - Couples experiencing rough sleeping insidehousing.co.uk/insight/latest…