Ending Homelessness Together – Homelessness Strategy 

2022-27

On 23rd March 2022 the Housing Executive published ‘Ending Homelessness Together – Homelessness Strategy 2022-27’. 

The vision of ‘Ending Homelessness Together’ reflects a continued need for the Housing Executive to work with our partners across the sector to address the varied an complex factors that lead to homelessness, many of which extend beyond the provision of accommodation.

At the core of this strategy there are a number of guiding principles that will underpin our approach to both the development and delivery of homelessness services throughout its lifespan. These principles, which are outlined below, have been co-produced with the wider homelessness sector and will be incorporated across each theme to achieve our vision of ‘Ending Homelessness Together’.

• Person Centred

• Evidence Based

• Partnership Working

• Expert Led

• Responsive

• Innovative

• Delivering Value for Money

Objectives of the strategy

We aim to achieve the following three strategic objectives:

• Prioritise homelessness prevention; 
• Address homelessness by providing settled, appropriate accommodation and support; 
• Support customers to transition from homelessness into settled accommodation.

This strategy will evolve based on experiential evidence, emerging pressures and priorities. It is our intention to work towards the defined success criteria outlined in this document by developing the ‘enablers’ and pulling all levers available to us. These enablers are as critical to the success of the strategy as the delivery of the objectives themselves. Relevant actions will be included in the Annual Action Plans to reflect key actions associated with the enablers below.

• Experiential Evidence
• Collaboration
• Legislation
• Interdepartmental Approach
• Funding
• Staff
• Process

The strategy uses an outcomes-based approach, with three outcomes that aim to make an impact upon the lives of those affected by homelessness.

These outcomes are:

• we have support that prevents us from becoming homeless;
• we live in suitable homes;
• we have the support we require to access and/or sustain a home.

You can find further information on the aims, objectives, vision and outcomes in the Homelessness Strategy 2022-27 and annual Action Plans which are available below:

For any further queries on the Homelessness Strategy please contact homelessness.strategy@nihe.gov.uk

Homelessness Strategy 2022-2027 Annual Progress Reports

The Annual Progress Reports outline the progress in delivering the Strategy during 2022 – 2027. 

Homeless to Home: Strategic Action Plan for Temporary Accommodation 2022-27

This Action Plan was developed in consultation with key stakeholders as part of the Housing Executive’s Strategic Review of Temporary Accommodation project, which was conducted with the goal of assessing how effectively the current temporary accommodation portfolio meets the needs of customers experiencing homelessness.

The vision of the Housing Executive’s Homelessness Strategy 2022-27 is ‘Ending Homelessness Together’ and the aim is that ‘Wherever possible homelessness should be prevented, if homelessness cannot be prevented it should be rare, brief and non-recurring’. The second objective of the Strategy is to effectively address homelessness by ensuring customers receive accommodation and support at the point of need. Delivery of this action plan to transform temporary accommodation will directly support the achievement of this key objective of the strategy.

What will success look like?

This plan sets out how we will transform our temporary accommodation responses over the next five years. It has been designed by working backwards from four indicators of success:

• Minimised need for temporary accommodation

• Customers receive appropriate accommodation and support at the point of need

• A sustainable supply of good quality, affordable temporary accommodation which is safe, warm and well-managed

• Customers moving on from temporary accommodation sustain their tenancies

You can download Homeless to Home: Strategic Action Plan for Temporary Accommodation 2022-27, which includes Year 1 actions, below.