Supporting People saves £3.4bn a year

Tory councils making biggest cuts to SP services

More than half of the councils making the biggest cuts to services for vulnerable people are Conservative-run, despite the government urging local authorities to maintain budgets.

Council support

Supporting People funds aligned to performance

Supported housing providers could be forced to cut services because of plans to withhold contractual payments until they can prove how good they are.

Services cut for 46,000 vulnerable people

More than 46,000 of England’s most vulnerable people have had vital care services scrapped or scaled back after council budget cuts forced the termination of hundreds of support contracts.

A lost legacy

Social tenants have worked hard to build a community for their children but their hard-won legacy is now being eroded, says Julie Fawcett

Support on a shoestring

Budgets are being slashed and demand is up but, as Inside Housing and Capita’s exclusive Supporting People survey reveals, many care and support providers are maintaining services for vulnerable people. Lydia Stockdale finds out how they are doing it and if it can last.

Take care

A person who lacks the mental capacity to enter a tenancy agreement may still be entitled to housing benefit, says Robert Latham

Giving good guidance

How housing association staff are mentoring troubled teenage tenants. Emily Rogers reports

Sentenced to life without a home

Imprisonment and homelessness are among the more traumatic experiences that can befall an individual. All too often, the two are inextricably linked.

The legal aid lifeline

Cuts to legal aid and new spending restrictions mean tens of thousands of tenants will no longer be eligible for free housing advice. Jess McCabe visits a law centre to investigate the likely impact of the changes