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A future free from homelessness starts now

Help us make sure the UK Government delivers a plan that will end homelessness.

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A safe, stable home is the foundation for a healthy life

In December 2025, the UK Government published a National Plan to End Homelessness.

Our campaign urged them to build social homes, fix our support systems and prevent homelessness before it starts.

More than 20,000 of you signed a letter to the Prime Minister, and a huge number of you emailed your MP and pressured ministers, telling them loud and clear: build a future free from homelessness.

 

Will the UK Government's plan actually end homelessness?

Although the plan is a big step forward, there is still much more to be done.

Preventing homelessness is a central part of the plan – a big win, which we campaigned for.

But it falls short of what is needed to end homelessness in Britain. There are few measures to help people on the lowest incomes afford their rent, such as unfreezing housing benefit.

And despite promised investment, the severe shortage of genuinely affordable and social homes is not changing any time soon.

We’ll keep campaigning for as long as it takes to deliver real change.

 

Find out more in this blog

How many people are homeless in England?

4,667 people

sleep rough on any given night.

132,410 households

are homeless in temporary accommodation that often lacks basic facilities.

300,000 households

are experiencing the worst forms of homelessness in England.

How we can end homelessness once and for all

Record numbers of people are being pushed into homelessness by rising living costs, unaffordable rents and a shortage of affordable homes.

And when people seek support, they’re too often let down by services that should be there to protect them.

But homelessness isn’t inevitable. We know how to end it.

Here's what the UK Government must do:

  • Make more homes genuinely affordable, by building social homes and making sure housing benefit matches the true cost of rent.
  • Make sure people experiencing homelessness get proper support, quickly and easily.
  • Prevent homelessness before it happens by building a welfare system that protects us all and making sure public services work together.

By doing this, we can create a stronger society, where all of us have the foundation of a home.

 

Read the report

This campaign was shaped by people with lived experience of homelessness

We worked with people who have faced homelessness and the services that supported them to build a clear plan to end it.

Ahmed, Andrea, Halima, Manoel and Ray have all experienced homelessness. They helped shape this campaign. These are their words.

“We’ve all had different journeys and experiences of homelessness, but we’ve all faced similar hardships and struggles.

"Between us we’ve experienced homelessness in many forms – we've sofa surfed, slept rough and stayed in temporary accommodation. We’ve all been let down by services that we turned to when we needed help.

"We’re calling on the government to be ambitious in its commitment to ending homelessness and to show us its serious about real change.”

 

This is their message to those in power

The reality of homelessness

Can you imagine facing homelessness as your sight fades? That’s what happened to Ray.

In this video, Ray shares his experience of homelessness and how a safe and secure social home helped him feel human again.

 

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