National and Local Government provide funding to end homelessness. Our National Advisory Panel of people with lived experience of disadvantage discussed how this funding should be used effectively. In this...
Category: Influencing
Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee: Exempt Accommodation call for evidence
This submission presents widespread instances of poor quality exempt accommodation that has ostensibly been funded to support people make positive changes to their lives. We believe that there is currently...
Spending Review 2021
Our submission focuses on the Government priority to ensure strong and innovative public services. We call on the Government to: 1. Ensure staff within public services are working with an...
We urge the Government to reverse its decision to cut Universal Credit
Expert Link stands with other charities in their call to reverse the decision to cut Universal Credit and to freeze Local Housing Allowance. Without action, many people, in particular families,...
“Busier than ever”
We urge the Government to match our aspirations to end rough sleeping for everyone
Expert Link’s Response to Governments new Rough Sleepers Strategy.
Today the Government releases it’s new rough sleepers strategy to end rough sleeping by 2027 with a commitment to halving the numbers by 2022. Although we welcome the fact that...
No Co-production for Government Rough Sleepers Advisory Panel
To Heather Wheeler MP Chair Rough Sleepers Advisory Panel Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government Dear Minister, Although I welcome the Government’s new Rough Sleepers Advisory Panel to...
Have your say on how the Homelessness Reduction Act gets implemented.
The Homelessness Reduction Act comes into force April next year and the Government is running a consultation on the guidelines it is going to give to Local Authorities on how...
Our Response to Universal Credit
Evidence from our community shows that monthly payments and long waiting times has had a direct impact on street begging and shoplifting. Expert Link, as a national voice for...