Following a successful pilot year, we are now opening up our Sustaining Accommodation Fund helping people to sustain their accommodation and improve housing stability.
The Sustaining Accommodation Fund is offering flexible grant funds of up to £5,000 to organisations across England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, to help people sustain their accommodation and prevent homelessness or repeat homelessness.
Each organisation will receive a block grant, which they can award in smaller grants of up to £500 per person, as and when the people they support need it.
The focus is on early intervention rather than crisis support, giving frontline workers and the people they support the flexibility to decide what will make the most meaningful difference to maintaining their accommodation.
To be eligible, organisations must have an annual income below £2 million.
What the fund can be used for
Research, frontline worker engagement and our pilot fund evidenced that people often need practical support that is hard to fund, such as essential household items, equipment to manage a home, transport costs, digital access or one-off costs that help them access local services and networks.
Grants must be linked to sustaining accommodation, and recipients must be receiving support through which their personalised needs are identified. The fund cannot be used for rent in advance, deposits, ID, storage, relocation costs, or ongoing bills, as these are covered by other programmes like our emergency grants programme.
The fund provides direct support to individuals, while also enabling us to continue to test, learn and build an evidence base around what helps people sustain accommodation. In doing so, we hope to strengthen the case for others to develop similar, flexible funding approaches.
To apply, complete the Sustaining Accommodation Fund Application Form.
For more information please read the Sustaining Accommodation Fund guidance notes.
Register for the online information session on 11th November at 10:30 am to find out more.
The Sustaining Accommodation Fund closes on Thursday 27th November 2026 at 5pm.
