24 resources
Resources worth bookmarking
Primary sources first: the legislation and official guidance. Then the research and sector bodies we rely on, each with a line on why it is useful.
Legislation
- Supported Housing (Regulatory Oversight) Act 2023legislation.gov.ukThe Act behind licensing, the national standards and local supported housing strategies.Regulation
- Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (Consequential Provisions) Regulations 2006, Schedule 3legislation.gov.ukWhere the definition of exempt accommodation and its rent rules live.Housing Benefit
- Housing Benefit Regulations 2006, Schedule 1legislation.gov.ukThe list of ineligible service charges.Housing Benefit
- Supported Accommodation (England) Regulations 2023legislation.gov.ukOfsted registration and quality standards for 16 and 17 year olds.Children
- Renters' Rights Act 2025legislation.gov.ukTenancy reforms from 1 May 2026, including supported accommodation possession grounds.Tenancy law
- Domestic Abuse Act 2021, Part 4legislation.gov.ukThe duty on tier one councils to support people in safe accommodation.Domestic abuse
Guidance
- Supported Housing regulation consultation, government responseMHCLG and DWPWhat the government decided in April 2026 on licensing, standards and exemptions.Regulation
- Housing Benefit guidance for supported housing claimsDepartment for Work and PensionsHow councils are told to assess supported housing claims, including the four categories.Housing Benefit
- Homelessness code of guidance for local authoritiesMHCLGHow councils should apply homelessness law, including suitability of accommodation.Homelessness
- Scope of registration: personal careCare Quality CommissionWhen supported living needs CQC registration, and why care and housing must be separate.Supported living
- Special category dataInformation Commissioner's OfficeWhat you need to process health and offending data in support records lawfully.Data
Research
- Supported exempt accommodation (England), CBP-9362House of Commons LibraryA detailed briefing on how exempt accommodation works and the reform debate.Housing BenefitRegulation
- Exempt Accommodation, Third Report of Session 2022-23Levelling Up, Housing and Communities CommitteeThe 2022 select committee inquiry that called for urgent reform.Regulation
- Investigation into supported housingNational Audit OfficeThe 2023 NAO findings on regulation gaps and missing data.Regulation
- London exempt supported housing concernsLondon AssemblyThe London Assembly's work on exempt supported housing in the capital.Regulation
- Supported Housing Review 2023MHCLGThe most recent estimate of the size and cost of supported housing in Great Britain.Evidence
- Exempt and supported accommodation, Research Report 714Department for Work and PensionsThe 2010 research that shaped later Housing Benefit reviews of supported housing.Housing Benefit
- What is exempt accommodation?MR AssociatesA practitioner knowledge base on specified accommodation categories.Housing Benefit
Sector body
- National Housing FederationNHFThe trade body for housing associations, with supported housing policy and research.Sector
- Homeless Link: Supported Housing (Regulatory Oversight) ActHomeless LinkUpdates and briefings for homelessness services on the Act and licensing.RegulationHomelessness
- Housing LINHousing Learning and Improvement NetworkA large library on housing with care, supported living and older people's housing.Supported livingOlder people
- Centrepoint: shared accommodation rate exemptionsCentrepointHow the exemptions for care leavers and hostel residents work in practice.ChildrenHousing Benefit
- Regulator of Social HousingRSHRegulatory judgements, standards and its work on lease-based supported housing.Regulation