We do this by:

• Working with the city’s commissioned services to provide more Ready to Live homes for people at risk of homelessness
• Finding ways to raise and access funds that can be used to furnish and decorate properties so that homes are comfortable and support the development of a tenant’s sense of worth and belonging
• Ensuring outreach services are in place so that people who are sleeping rough receive support to access housing or return to their home
• Coordinating support so that people facing multiple disadvantage due to health, trauma or addiction issues receive the right care for their needs.

Ready to Live homes – The Evidence

There are relatively low numbers of people experiencing homelessness in Newcastle compared to other major cities thanks to Newcastle’s housing system approach that favours no evictions into homelessness and successful pilots that show the benefits of providing people at risk of homelessness with a furnished home and the ongoing assistance of a dedicated support worker.

In 2022/2023, Newcastle City Council funded a Ready to Live programme delivered by Your Homes Newcastle.  This made available 125 dedicated move on-flats and 28 temporary accommodation flats for people who had experienced or were at risk of rough sleeping along with access to support workers providing 121 support and signposting to other services as needed.  You can see more about Newcastle’s approach in this short film here.