Thinking
New thinking in supported housing.
Analysis of case law, policy and funding from the SHP team, published on The Supported Housing Blog. Free to read, free to use, and written so you can put it straight into a claim, a board paper or a consultation response.
SHROA & licensingExempt accommodationCare, support or supervisionFunding & the future
SHROA & licensing
What difference did the coproduced SHROA consultation response make?
Mapping the sector’s shared template response, point by point, against the government’s reply.
SHROA: Progress Made, But the Job Isn’t Finished
No new housing standards, but higher expectations. What the government response settles, and what it leaves open.
The Supported Housing (Regulatory Oversight) Act 2023
The Act that set the sector on course for national standards and local licensing.
Exempt accommodation
The End of the Property-Led Exempt Accommodation Contrivance?
A recent Upper Tribunal judgment and what it could mean for property-led models with no commitment to residents.
The Exempt Accommodation Inquiry Report
Our reading of the parliamentary inquiry into exempt accommodation.
The Problems with Exempt Accommodation
Where exempt accommodation goes wrong, and why the answer is better provision rather than less of it.
The Exempt Accommodation Project
Why we started the Project, and how it aligns providers, registered providers and councils.
Care, support or supervision
The “More Than Minimal” Myth
Why some Housing Benefit decision-making turns a modest legal threshold into a demand for substantial personal support, and why that is wrong.
Intensive Housing Management and Maintenance are Support, Supervision and Sufficient
The case law underpinning a practical, defensible position for supported housing providers.
IHM and Maintenance vs “Care, Support or Supervision”
Why intensive housing management and maintenance are support and supervision, and likely more than minimal.
What is “Care, Support or Supervision”, and can it be funded through enhanced Housing Benefit?
Challenging the notion that care, support or supervision in its entirety is ineligible for enhanced Housing Benefit.
Funding & the future
SHP December 2025 Supported Housing Update
SHROA, licensing, a possible DWP definition of support, the possible abolition of Housing Benefit, and the Exempt Accommodation Project.
Help With Claiming Enhanced Housing Benefit
Claims now face more intense scrutiny than ever. How providers should prepare.
Funding Supported Housing
How supported housing is paid for, and the fault lines in that settlement.
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