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APPG for Ending Homelessness Reaches Historic Milestone

As 2026 begins, the All Party Parliamentary Group for Ending Homelessness has reached 50 members for the first time in its history. Highlighting the strength of feeling across parliament on this vital issue.  

This is particularly important as the number of people experiencing homelessness remains at record levels and the Government has just announced its National Plan to End Homelessness. The APPG will be working to ensure this delivers the real change we need. 

The APPG works to connect parliamentarians with the homelessness support sector, best practice and the latest research on the causes of people’s homelessness. Providing policy makers with practical changes they can make to help end homelessness.  

In 2025 the APPG helped to deliver a range of positive changes including;   

  • Securing a pledge to repeal the Vagrancy Act (1824) in Spring 2026 
  • Ensuring many of these recommendations were reflected in the National Plan to End Homelessnes including; collating funding into fewer multi-annual pots, targets for ending homelessness on discharge from hospital and halving homelessness on release from prison as well as requiring Councils to engage with experts by experience and data to address the role barriers like racism, gender and homophobia play in homelessness. 

As the APPG grows it will continue to work with the sector and Government to promote evidence based solutions to homelessness, as well as hold the Government to account for delivering on its welcome targets in the National Plan to End Homelessness.  

Paula Barker MP, Co-Chair 

“As Co-Chair for the all-party parliamentary group for ending homelessness it has been great to see it grow over the last couple of years. Our aim is to support the government in finally putting an end to homelessness, and where necessary to push them to ensure it remains a priority. 

“The APPG, supported by Crisis our secretariat, worked closely over the last year with the wider homelessness sector, and those with lived experience, to formulate an idea of what we believed the government’s long-awaited homelessness strategy should look like in our report; Homes, Support, Prevention – Our Foundations for Ending Homelessness. As such, it was positive to see the strong framework and aims outlined in the government’s strategy at the end of last year. However, the devil is in the detail and too much of that is currently lacking. 

“Sadly, we currently have record numbers of households living in temporary accommodation in England. A total of 132,410 households were living in temporary accommodation as of June 2025 – 7.6% higher than a year ago. And over 172,000 children living in temporary accommodation. 

“So, whilst it is very positive to see the APPG growing, there is a lot more work to do. And I am sure most would agree that our main hope is to achieve our aims of ending homelessness and finally becoming redundant as an APPG.” 

Bob Blackman MP, Co-Chairman  

As Chairman of the APPG for Ending Homelessness, I am delighted that our group has reached 50 members, a clear sign of growing cross-party commitment to tackling this urgent issue. Over the past year, the APPG has brought together MPs, charities and people with lived experience to shine a light on what works and to press for practical solutions. I myself have changed the law twice to protect homeless people and regulate rogue landlord in the Supported Housing sector.

We have made real progress, but homelessness remains a national scandal. There is still much more to do and we must redouble our efforts until everyone has a safe place to call home. 

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