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Home> Our Work> Supported and older persons' housing> Save Our Supported Housing

#SOSHousing: Save Our Supported Housing  

In March 2025, we launched the Save Our Supported Housing campaign, to call for urgent funding from the government for supported housing at the Spending Review.

Despite a big focus on house building at the Spending Review, there was no specific funding for support services. Schemes are still in crisis and having to close their doors.

That's why we’re now looking towards the Autumn Budget and will continue our campaign at this year’s Starts at Home Day.

Without the right intervention from the government, supported housing faces a worsening funding crisis, more service closures, and even more pressure on our vital public services, including the NHS, social care, homelessness services, and the criminal justice system. That’s why we’re campaigning to save our supported housing now, and for the future.

Starts at Home Day 2025

On Friday 29 August, we’ll be building on the Save Our Supported Housing campaign and calling for action for supported housing in crisis #SOSHousing.

To save our supported housing we're asking the government to:

  1. Create an emergency fund for supported-housing support services in the Autumn Budget. Despite a big focus on house building at the recent Spending Review there was no specific funding for the support provided in supported homes. Schemes are still in crisis and having to close their doors. 
  2. Allocate enough of the new Affordable Homes Programme funding to the building of new supported and older people's housing. Government research says more than 180,000 new supported homes are needed by 2040. 
  3. Commit to long-term, sustainable funding for supported housing and support services in its forthcoming housing and homelessness strategies. 

Find out more and get involved on the Starts at Home Day website.  

Why are we campaigning to Save Our Supported Housing?

A supported home is a lifeline for thousands of people who need help to live independently. But after years of funding cuts, many supported housing services have already been lost, with many more now facing closure while demand continues to rise.

Last year, 1 in 3 supported housing providers had to close schemes because of funding pressures, and 60% say they will be forced to close schemes in the future. Changes to National Insurance Contribution further threaten current, and future supported homes. Without these homes, more people face homelessness, longer stays in hospital or in-patient mental health units or homes that do not meet their care needs.

What's happened so far on the #SOSHousing campaign?  

We've handed in a sector letter to 10 Downing Street, highlighting the scale of the crisis. 

We handed in a letter to Downing Street on Friday 25 April 2025, to the Prime Minister and the Chancellor of the Exchequer. The letter was signed by more than 170 organisations, from our members, charities, local councils and frontline services. This united show of support and advocacy for vital services at risk will help strengthen our calls to protect supported homes.

We need the government to commit to real action and invest in the future of supported housing before more vital services are lost. That’s why we sent this letter to the Prime Minister and the Chancellor of the Exchequer, to ask for their support.  

Read the letter

The sector called for change across social media, as part of a day of action.

On 25 April, supported housing providers came together to tell political stakeholders how we can safeguard the future of supported housing. By sharing these campaign posts on social media, we spread the word about the crisis facing supported housing, and what we need to do to fix it.

If you missed this day of action, you can still use our social media templates to call for change. Make sure you share the campaign hashtags #SaveOurSupportedHousing #SOSHousing.

Download the social media graphics here

The scale of the crisis has been explored in the national media. 

Our press story on supported housing in crisis saw widespread coverage in the national media, with The Guardian covering the story both online and in print, as well as the BBC online and across radio news bulletins.

Read the press release

Who to speak to

Alex Diner, Head of External Affairs and Campaigns