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A united sector must fight the hardwired immigration injustice
Sue Lukes from MigrationWork was in the team that evaluated our NRPF Project, and wrote this call to action on migrant destitution based...
Feb 1, 2023


Fighting to reform the exempt system has been battling, but the Bill may be the win we want
A lot can happen in a year. A webinar series, an open letter to the Government, an All-Party Parliamentary Group meeting, a Westminster...
Nov 25, 2022


Call for New Ideas: Our relationship with Commonweal goes far beyond the bricks and mortar
Sean O’ConnellChief Executive Officer at successful 2021 Call for New Ideas applicant Adab Trust, reflects on his organisation’s journey...
Oct 7, 2022


What can the pandemic teach us about ending homelessness?
Michelle Anderson is a recent graduate from the University of Birmingham’s School of Social Policy, who received the Jane Slowey Memorial...
Aug 24, 2022


Without safe housing, women leaving prison face the choice between cells or the streets
The fear of homelessness is so strong, that some women leaving prison are choosing to remain in a cell than face the harsh realities of...
May 30, 2022


LGBTQ+ people must no longer be the “invisible minorities” of the housing sector
The “invisible minorities” of the UK housing system, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ+) people have for too long...
Feb 25, 2022


Breaking barriers into rented accommodation with Freedom2Work
Ben Phillips-Farmer, Head of Community Engagement at Rentstart, reflects on Freedom2Work's achievements after being awarded the...
Dec 15, 2021


Housing is the heart of recovery for survivors of violence against women
Today marks the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. It's one of the most pervasive social injustices we...
Nov 25, 2021


The Nationality and Borders Bill will wash away the last vestige of safety for desperate migrants
It seems that we are at that point in the Summer season again, where the headlines harbour news of supposed crisis after crisis at the...
Jul 23, 2021


Freedom Day: a hollow promise for those with NRPF
As coronavirus restrictions lift, vulnerable migrants with NRPF are facing the prospect of returning to life without shelter.
Jul 19, 2021


English and Finnish approaches to homelessness
Csenge (Cicy) Földvári-Nagy, recipient of the Jane Slowey Memorial Bursary 2020, blogs on the findings of her outstanding dissertation research at the University of Birmingham's School of Social Policy.
Jul 12, 2021


Jane Slowey Memorial Bursary: Commonweal is funding the change-makers of tomorrow
A formidable champion of the charity sector and campaigner who rarely rested, Jane Slowey was at the heart of change in the housing and...
Jul 2, 2021


How the private rented sector can help unlock the Freedom2Work - Rentstart
Ben Phillips-Farmer reflects on Rentstart's 20-year history of harnessing the PRS as a route out of homelessness, including five years in partnership with Commonweal.
May 6, 2021


Tonic’s new LGBT+ retirement community is cause for celebration
Megan Fereday reflects on the UK's first ever LGBT+ retirement community, and why older LGBT+ people need access to safe and affirming housing.
Mar 5, 2021


How can the Living Rent model enable young people to Live, Work, Earn and Learn?
With youth unemployment at record levels, never has it been more important to provide a housing offer which enables young people to live, work, earn and learn.
Jan 20, 2021


Exempt From Responsibility? - one year on from a pathbreaking report
A blog by Dominic Bradley, Chief Executive of Spring Housing Association. It is almost exactly a year since we published ‘ Exempt from...
Nov 19, 2020


Locked Out episode four: housing for survivors of VAWG
Too many women are forced to choose between living with abuse or living on the streets. That’s because the majority of survivors of...
Nov 18, 2020


Locked Out episode three: housing for Black and minoritised survivors
The impacts of the housing crisis are wide reaching and intersectional: colliding with other social issues like cuts to specialist...
Nov 4, 2020


Locked Out episode two: housing and the criminal justice system
For people in contact with the criminal justice system, access to safe housing is vital to moving onto independent and stable lives. Yet...
Oct 21, 2020


Locked Out: a new podcast from Commonweal Housing
In the midst of a national housing crisis, it is obvious to most of us that too many people are locked out of safe, secure housing in the...
Oct 7, 2020


Shared accommodation has a role to play in helping homeless people
We must be cautious about throwing the baby out with the bathwater over talk of ending shared housing for homeless people, writes Ashley Horsey
Aug 24, 2020


Steve Douglas CBE: What I’m taking from nine years on the Board of Commonweal to my role as CEO of St Mungo’s
Steve Douglas CBE reflects on his time guiding the work of Commonweal Housing as a Trustee and Chair, as he moves on to lead the homelessness charity St Mungos.
Jul 1, 2020


Move On Up – housing and support for young adult carers
Nicola Aylward (Learning and Work Institute) blogs on the findings of the final evaluation of our Move On Up project for young adult carers.
Jun 10, 2020


We must invest in small charities to support marginalised groups
This article was originally published in Civil Societ y. The new society we build from this crisis must finally put the most marginalised...
May 15, 2020
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