Bath-based Curo is among housing providers highlighting the benefits of supported housing as part of the national Starts at Home campaign.
Starts at Home celebrates supported housing and tells the stories of people in communities across the country who have gained independence or rebuilt their confidence through these vital services.
Housing associations such as Curo provide safe and secure homes, including sheltered accommodation, refuges for women fleeing domestic violence, shelters and supported homes for those at risk of homelessness, and supported housing for vulnerable young people and adults with disabilities.
The Starts at Home campaign has been launched as the government reviews the funding system for supported housing, which is expected to lead to a new funding mechanism being set up.
Curo has joined the National Housing Federation in campaigning to persuade the government to ensure that every person who requires extra support has a home that meets their needs.
Curo, a not-for-profit housing and support organisation, provides affordable homes and high-quality care and support services across the West of England, managing nearly 13,000 homes and building hundreds of homes every year.
Its director of health, care & support, Harriet Bosnell, said: “Supported housing is about enabling people to lead successful and independent lives. Curo alone has helped more than 2,700 people in the past year through a range of services that we estimate has saved the public purse £15.6m.
“We’re proud to back the Starts at Home campaign and are asking government to ensure that the right support is available to all of us should we ever need it.”
National Housing Federation chief executive David Orr said: “Supported housing provides a safe and secure home that helps people to live independently and to achieve their aspirations.
“That’s why we launched the Starts at Homes campaign to celebrate the good work done by so many in the supported housing sector, and show the government why it’s such a crucial part of the housing fabric.”
