Commonweal exists to find housing-based solutions to wider social problems.
Commonweal Housing approaches social injustice, whether it be young people at risk of homelessness, or gender-based violence, with the same question:
Could the right housing model improve outcomes, and what would it look like?
This means finding partners who can provide key services - perhaps education, rehabilitation, or counselling - and giving them the means (including the property itself) to test housing and support schemes for vulnerable groups. We facilitate independent evaluation for all of our housing projects, and regularly commission research, sharing the findings of both.
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Recent Research
An investigation into the growing use of unregistered, illegal children’s homes in the UK.
This report examines the affordability and employment challenges faced by young people in supported housing.
A study that reveals the shocking state and scarcity of privately rented housing options for single homeless people.