SELHAG preventing homelessness group

Summary by Chris Melville on behalf of the group (Family Mosaic; Affinity Sutton; Hyde; Wandle; Gallions; L&Q and Pauline Mason and Nina Morris)

Work programme 09/10 (1)

Published Good Practice guide on Housing Associations preventing homelessness through rent arrears and debt

Work programme (2)

GP guide on preventing homelessness due to anti-social behaviour

Revised debt agency advice directory Collated HA and LA eviction monitoring

information – this is still work in progress Produced a model protocol for working with

support providers of floating support to general needs residents

Work programme (3)

Bid for CLG funding to tackle unauthorised occupation (4 boroughs and 4 of Has in group involved)

Agreed finally (!) – after much discussion - Code of practice on Domestic Abuse

Work programme (4)

G15 Offer and relationship managers Southwark – John Schofield (Family Mosaic) Bromley - Vicky Bonner (Affinity Sutton) Lewisham – Tom Bremner (L&Q) Greenwich – Tom Bremner (L&Q) Bexley – Tom Bremner (L&Q)

What is next?

Wider remit for group? E.g. Likely to agree to include work on relieving overcrowding

Reflections on benefits of group – does it drive up service standards and focus our joint efforts by:

Information sharing efficiently e.g. debt advice agencies guide

Providing challenge/ideas about good practice Through shared data analysis, focussing on what is really

going on and dispelling myths e.g. about evictions