Save the date: the first Supported Housing Week is coming soon

This year between 19-23 October, the NHF is bringing you Supported Housing Week, a week-long awareness campaign to shine a light on vital supported housing services and inspiring residents across the country.

A supported home is a lifeline for thousands of people each year who need help to live independently. But after years of funding cuts, many supported housing services have already been lost, with many more now facing closure while demand continues to rise.

This means that right now, many schemes across the country face impossible decisions, and are even having to close their doors.

Without the right solutions, supported housing faces a worsening funding situation, more service closures, and even more pressure on our vital public services, including the NHS, social care, homelessness services, and the criminal justice system. That’s why we’re launching the first ever Supported Housing Week and scaling up our campaigning work to call for a secure future for supported housing.

Why are we launching Supported Housing Week now?

Last year, we ran the Save our Supported Housing campaign, alongside our long-running Starts at Home Day. Together, we took our asks straight to Downing Street, called for change across social media and explored the scale of the problem in the national media.

This year, we’ve decided to grow our campaigning work. Instead of Starts at Home Day, in 2026 our campaigning work will culminate in the first ever Supported Housing Week, which will take place 19 – 23 October, and in years to come. Supported housing is a lifeline for the people who need it the most in our society, but not enough key decision makers understand and see first-hand the difference it makes, and what it takes to deliver lasting positive change. Through an awareness week, we can shine a light on your life changing services, really show why the system must work better, and make ambitious calls for key solutions to secure the future of supported housing.

Supported Housing Week will not only give more time for impactful conversations with decision makers, for firsthand visits to services and to amplify resident stories, but it aims to get supported housing to take up more space in the public consciousness.

This year, we're also running an ambitious new piece of work, The Future of Supported Housing Project. This project aims to develop evidence-based recommendations and build a strong case for change. These recommendations will be perfectly placed to inform our campaign recommendations for the government and key decision makers and help us call for a secure future for supported housing.

Bringing resident stories to life

A key part of our campaign will be to raise awareness about the real-life stories of residents of supported housing.

Supported housing allows people to live independently. It means people can live their lives on their own terms and access the support and resources that mean they can participate fully in society. It helps people recover from a stay in hospital, people find a secure home after homelessness, or safety after experiencing domestic abuse.

But these stories of incredible resilience and bravery are often hidden or overlooked in the media, and the wider public is not always aware of the positive impact of supported housing.

How you can get involved

Supported Housing Week will only be successful if we work together to tell stories and make the case for its future.

Over the coming months, we'll be sharing resources, campaign materials and opportunities to get involved. In the meantime, we're encouraging housing associations to start thinking about how you can take part.

You could:

• Share powerful stories that show the life-changing impact of supported housing on residents and communities.
• Invite local MPs, councillors and other decision makers to visit your services and see the difference supported housing makes first-hand.
• Get involved on social media by sharing content during the week and helping us raise awareness of the challenges facing the sector.

Together, we can ensure supported housing gets the attention it deserves, amplify the voices of residents, and make the case for the long-term solutions needed to secure its future.

We'll be sharing more information on how to get involved and campaign resources in the coming months. For now, save the date: 19–23 October 2026.