Advisory service for deposit schemes

Crisis Connect is an advisory service for local authorities and the homelessness sector, supporting the development of deposit schemes. We have extensive experience of working with deposit schemes and provide support to schemes in all their diversity, at all stages of their development.

We are in touch with deposit schemes across the UK

We provide support through:

• Training
• Best practice sharing
• Our good practice guide

We also produce a bi-monthly bulletin that gives succinct summaries of the latest relevant policy information and recent articles concerned with homelessness, housing, private renting and rent deposit schemes.

• Subscribe to the bi-monthly bulletin
• Download the latest bi-monthly bulletin

Research

We carry out research to support the work of deposit schemes and to bring understanding of them to policy makers. Our latest research includes:

• A review of deposit schemes in Scotland
• An evaluation of the SmartMove regional development programme

Crisis has been working in conjunction with the London Housing Foundation to improve understanding of schemes that provide access to the private rented sector for homeless or vulnerable single people.

• An audit of deposit schemes in London
• Private rented sector access schemes in London: Outcomes, costs and success factors
• Private Access, Public Gain: The use of private rented sector access schemes to house single homeless people
• Jane Luby presentation on Private Access, Public Gain report

In order to campaign effectively on behalf of deposit schemes we need to hear about the issues that are affecting you. Let us know of any policies that prevent your scheme from successfully housing vulnerable people.