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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Jessica Murray Social affairs correspondent

Supported housing in England on brink of financial crisis, charities warn

Row of terraced homes.
Nearly one in five of all supported homes are on the verge of closing down services due to financial pressure. Photograph: John Gomez/Alamy

More than 150 organisations, including Age UK and Refuge, have warned the supported housing sector is on the precipice of a financial crisis that could plunge tens of thousands of vulnerable people into homelessness.

In a letter to the government being delivered on Friday, public bodies, charities and housing associations called for urgent action to save the sector, which provides homes for 500,000 people across England with complex needs.

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