Supported housing crisis: ‘I was in a state of absolute depravity’

view original post

Four supported housing units in Nottingham city, for people with severe mental health issues, have been told the council will slash their funding from the end of March.

It could leave some 90 residents without homes.

The problem isn’t unique to Nottingham.

The national housing federation says a third of England’s supported housing providers have bowed to financial pressures – and closed their services in the past year.

We met residents at one facility which is set to close down.