Supported Housing Review 2023

This report presents the results of a large-scale study of the Supported Housing Sector, which aims to understand the demographics, size and scope of the sector and the forecasts for demand and supply of accommodation.It provides a much needed update to the previous study undertaken by Ipsos Mori and Imogen Blood Associates in 2016.In the previous Parliament, the Select Committee Report noted some of the problems in the sector and the Department is committed to driving improvements to address these issues through measures such as the Supported Housing Improvement Programme and the Supported Housing Regulatory Oversight Act.This study, together with the evaluation of the Supported Housing Improvement programme, aims to improve our understanding of the working of the sector, and inform future policy and funding decisions.The study comprises a number of linked research strands, including reviews of the existing literature and administrative data sources, large scale primary surveys with supported housing commissioners, local authority Housing Benefit teams, and providers of supported housing, together with a number of in-depth case studies.The next phase of research on supported housing focuses on the economic benefits and costs of the sector, and a scoping study is under way at the time of writing (Spring 2024).