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Supported housing

Status: Closed Opened: 24 May 2023 Closed: 14 Feb 2024 2 recommendations 24 conclusions 1 report

Supported housing is accommodation that is provided alongside support, supervision or care to help people with specific needs to live as independently as possible in the community. This includes, for example, older people, people with a learning disability, people with a physical disability, people at risk of or who have experienced homelessness, or people recovering …

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Reports

1 report
Title HC No. Published Items Response
Seventy-Seventh Report - Supported housing HC 1330 10 Nov 2023 26 Responded

Recommendations & Conclusions

1 item
7 Conclusion Seventy-Seventh Report - Supported hous… Deferred

Progress to improve supported housing supply remains poor, falling below targets.

Progress to improve the supply of supported housing is poor. While DLUHC uses the Affordable Homes Programme to support development of more supported housing, it reported it is only forecast to achieve 5% of supported housing from the 2021–2026 iteration of the Affordable Homes Programme against a target of 10% …

Government response. The government agrees and has commissioned research on supported housing supply and demand, due early 2024. DLUHC will then respond to the Committee within six months of publication, detailing how it will maximise efforts to increase supported housing supply.
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Oral evidence sessions

1 session
Date Witnesses
21 Jun 2023 Emran Mian · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, Peter Schofield CB · Department for Work and Pensions, Sarah Healey · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, Vikki Knight · Department of Work and Pensions View ↗

Correspondence

2 letters
DateDirectionTitle
10 Jan 2024 — Correspondence from Sarah Healey CB CVO, Permanent Secretary, Department for Le…
11 Jul 2023 — Correspondence from Sarah Healey CB CV, Permanent Secretary, Department for Lev…