Today, Lin our police and justice lead is joined with Director Mike Hyden from homelessness best practice.

They provide bespoke training and consultancy around homelessness law to organisations which support individuals affected by homelessness, including domestic abuse, exploitation, and unaffordability. Council gatekeeping and perverse decision-making is widespread, as documented by the Local Government Ombudsman, leaving hundreds of thousands of people across the country without the assistance they are eligible for and meaning they fall on other service areas which are not designed to source suitable housing. HBP equips organisations to tackle gatekeeping and raise issues at a political as well as individual level. Mike deliver’s online and in-person training days, as well as providing regular case management sessions to frontline staff as well as creating mythbusting videos on our Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@homelessnessbestpractice

Useful links: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5ef9d8613a6f4023cf12fc67/current_Homelessness_Code_of_Guidance.pdf– Chapter 25 covers Modern Slavery

Homelessness Best Practice Facebook group for anonymised ‘what if’ questions: https://www.facebook.com/groups/244071096163241/

Homelessness Best Practice CIC delivers training on homelessness law for professionals working with individuals affected by homelessness – check out Eventbrite for more info – we will be setting some more dates in the next coming weeks or so: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/homelessness-best-practice-cic-46993184633

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