About Supporting People and housing-related support
Supporting People is a Government programme
to provide housing-related support services, like homeless hostels,
women’s refuges and sheltered housing, to help vulnerable people
live independently.
What is housing-related support?
Housing related support is help you can get to find, or stay in,
your own home. This includes help to:
- manage your money;
- claim benefits;
- develop domestic or social skills; and
- keep you and your home safe.
Housing related support aims to prevent the problems that can
cause vulnerable people to become homeless, build up debts or rent
arrears, need hospital treatment or move into care, and to help
them to have a better quality of life; independent in their
community. Housing-related support does not include services such
as personal help with eating, washing and dressing, or day
care.
In Kent the county council is responsible for Supporting People
services. To find out more, read
our detailed guide to the Supporting People programme
(PDF, 594k).