Commonweal's very good friend Laurence Newman has been awarded an MBE  in the New Year Honours List, in recognition of his outstanding charitable service.

Brighton Women’s Centre (BWC) published a Commonweal-funded feasibility study outlining a trauma-informed, women-only accommodation model for women leaving prison.  

The positive evaluation includes recommendations for scaling the project in the months and years to come.

Commonweal Housing has appointed two experienced leaders, Nezahat Cihan and Colette Shields, to its Board of Trustees.

John Perry, Managing Director at Accommodation Concern, a Northamptonshire-based anti-poverty and homelessness prevention charity, discusses insights from their Commonweal-funded feasibility study investigating a housing model for refugees.

The Slavery and Trafficking Care Standards have undergone a comprehensive update to ensure that adult survivors of modern slavery receive appropriate, high-quality care across the UK.

Commonweal is delighted to support four University of Birmingham undergraduate students with their final-year projects investigating housing-related issues and injustices.

Stephen Hulme, Development Manager at young people's charity Break, highlights the housing challenges facing young care leavers and summarises their Commonweal-supported feasibility study, which explores how a tenancy switch model could help this group secure stable, long-term housing.

Commonweal is pleased to have supported The Human Trafficking Foundation's work updating the Slavery and Trafficking Survivors Care Standards, which aim to provide consistent, quality care for adult trafficking survivors across the UK.

Amidst the fury and debate about asylum hotels and the refugee framework in general, discussion about cascading refugee homelessness has struggled to break through

Amidst an alarming spike of women being recalled to prison, and generally high reoffending rates, Commonweal is partnering with two charities to test housing models that provide a better re-introduction to the community.

Commonweal Housing has been awarded the Property Innovation Award at the Charity Times Awards 2025.

Helen Watson, Chief Executive of homelessness charity Rentstart (UK) Ltd, recounts the story of creating Freedom2Work (2016 – 2021), an innovative project helping homeless individuals overcome barriers to employment.

Lily Soaper, recipient of Commonweal’s Jane Slowey Memorial Bursary for 2024/2025, shared a detailed analysis of her research conducted as part of her undergraduate dissertation in Social Policy at the University of Birmingham.

Emma Bull, a University of Birmingham Social Policy graduate, shares key findings from her research exploring the representations of homeless people in charity advertising.

New Supported Housing regulation has to strike a difficult balance.

Commonweal Housing has published its latest annual review, entitled Building Together, reflecting on the past twelve months of  investigating housing solutions to social issues.

Project lead Tom Dinnen shares initial insights from the You're Home project and outlines plans for scaling it up.

Ahead of the project, Gaynor Brooke, Director of Services at Servol, discusses the significance of stable housing for this group and the support that the project will offer.

We spoke with Suleiman Abdulahi, Founder and Director of HAPANI, to understand the challenges that refugees face and how their project aims to improve these outcomes. 

Ahead of commencing this project in late 2025, Deirdre Canavan, Senior Services Manager at Depaul NI, highlights the challenges faced by women prison leavers and how their new project aims to address these issues.

In this blog, Judith Moran, Director of Quaker Social Action, shares the journey of creating the first-ever housing project dedicated to supporting young adult carers.

Four final-year University of Birmingham students recently presented their insightful dissertation research projects investigating topical housing and social policy areas, having been awarded the Jane Slowey Memorial Bursary for 2024/25.

In this blog, Bob Green OBE, Head of Operations at Tonic Housing, recounts their quest to address the housing needs of older LGBT+ individuals.