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National Youth Homelessness Scheme
Move-on strategies
This module focuses on developing options for young people who are ready to move-on into longer term or permanent accommodation in social or private rented housing. It identifies some of the creative approaches developed by local authorities and their partners to enable young people to access the local housing markets when they are ready to live independently.
For many young people moving-on from temporary supported accommodation means moving to rented accommodation though for some moving-on may mean moving into university accommodation or back with family.
Research for Homeless Link found that, in 2004, 45 per cent of all hostel bed spaces in England and Wales were occupied by people waiting to move on. Young people (especially those under 18) face some real barriers to accessing move on accommodation. These may be legal, issues of perception, related to the benefits system, or related to a shortage of affordable or acceptable housing.
Move on accommodation solutions are needed to maintain a flow through local emergency or short term options for homeless young people. In this way, it is the key to maintaining a full range of accommodation options for young people.
Hallmarks of successful move on:
- Increases the options and opportunities for young people moving on into longer term or permanent accommodation
- Provides access to support for young people, as well as accommodation
- Enables access to quality housing of decent standard (external link)
- Addresses specific issues about quality provision for young people, such as consideration of the location and safety of the accommodation (see Tool 1 below)
- Takes account of affordability issues: successful move on schemes for young people cannot ensure that all the accommodation is affordable, but will help to find ways to maximise income and overcome the barriers to affordable housing for young people
- Increases the range of stakeholders involved with housing for young people
- Takes a strategic approach.
(researched and written by YMCA England)
Tools Additional resources Case studies
In this section
- Encouraging Private Sector Landlords
- Rent deposit and bond schemes
- Ways to pay: Discretionary Housing Payment
- Approaches to allocating tenancies
- Strategic approaches for allocating move on
- Furniture
Related downloads
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T1: Quality considerations for move on for young people
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