by Policy | Jul 17, 2024 | News
Homeless Connect Summer Visits During the summer months, Homeless Connect regularly visits with services provided by our member organisations. These visits give us the opportunity to meet with staff directly and to hear about what is happening on the ground. This...
by Policy | Jul 8, 2024 | News
The Consultation In June, the Department for Communities launched a consultation seeking views on the budget allocations the Department received for 2024/5. As the Department puts it, the consultation “document details the Minister for Communities’ initial...
by Policy | Jun 28, 2024 | News
Lived Experience Homeless Connect seeks to be informed in its policy and practice by the views of people with lived experience of homelessness. Many of us have heard the term lived experience. We know that engaging with people who use our services is a beneficial...
by Policy | May 28, 2024 | News
On 28 May 2024, the Minister for Communities Gordon Lyons MLA briefed the All Party Group on Homelessness and took a wide range of questions from MLAs and observers who attended. In his presentation, Minister Lyons outlined four key areas of work for his Department in...
by Policy | May 23, 2024 | News
The Housing Bulletin This morning the Department for Communities released the latest edition of its Housing Bulletin for January to March 2024. The statistics record another rise in the number of households on the social housing waiting list since the publication of...