Homelessness & Rough Sleeping Strategy and Supported Housing Strategy
Derby City Council is asking for feedback on two housing strategies;
- Homelessness and Rough Sleeping
- Supported Housing
Consulting on both strategies at the same time helps:
- Join up our work on supported housing, homelessness prevention and support, so the two strategies work together instead of separately.
- Ensure consistency in how we allocate and improve housing, support people who are homeless or at risk, and plan for specialist and supported housing provision.
- Make the most of people’s time and experience, because many people and organisations are interested in both strategies – including residents, people with lived experience, housing providers, support agencies and voluntary groups – and they can give coordinated feedback when the consultations run together
Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Strategy
Derby City Council is developing a new Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Strategy to guide how we work with residents, partners and communities to prevent and tackle homelessness over the coming years.
Homelessness has a significant impact on individuals, families and communities. It affects health and wellbeing, education, employment and life opportunities, whilst also placing increasing pressure on public services. Preventing homelessness is therefore not solely a housing issue; it requires coordinated action across housing, health, social care, criminal justice, education, the voluntary and community sector, housing providers and other public services.
This consultation seeks your views on the proposed vision, priorities and areas for action that will shape Derby's next Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Strategy. Your feedback will help us ensure that the Strategy reflects local needs, builds on existing strengths and focuses on the areas where collective action can have the greatest impact.
In developing the Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Strategy, initial views have been gathered from service users; service providers; homelessness support staff and other partners in order to ensure an understanding of the issues from a service user and partner perspective.You can take part by:
- reading the Homelessness and Rough Sleeping consultation document
- reading the Draft Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Strategy
- Taking our survey (below)
Supported Housing Strategy
Supported housing is a critical part of Derby’s housing, health, social care and homelessness system. It provides accommodation with support for people who may need additional help to live safely and independently, recover from crisis, maintain a tenancy or move towards more independent living.
Derby City Council has developed a draft Supported Housing Strategy for 2027–2032. The strategy brings together evidence from the supported housing needs assessment, housing and homelessness work, adult social care market information, stakeholder engagement and existing local practice.
This consultation is not intended to present the final strategy. Instead, it sets out the proposed direction and asks residents, people with lived experience, providers, partners and other stakeholders whether the proposed vision and priorities are the right ones for Derby.
In developing the Supported Housing Strategy, initial views have been gathered from service users; service providers; supported housing colleagues and other partners in order to ensure an understanding of the issues from a service user and partner perspective.”
You can take part by:
- reading the Supported Housing consultation document
- reading the draft Supported Housing strategy
- Taking our survey (below)
The consultation runs until 9am, Monday 11 January 2027.
For more information or to request this survey in an alternative format or would like to request an Easy Read version of the survey please contact John Sheil on email: housing.strategy@derby.gov.uk or telephone: 01332 640000
