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Our Strategy

Our 2024 – 2029 strategy ensures our approach is informed, compassionate, and determined, putting people at the centre of everything we do. Ending homelessness requires deeper thinking and looking at things from a different perspective. Over the next five years, we are taking bold, practical, and compassionate action to prevent and end homelessness in Northern Ireland.

The challenge in 2026

This crisis has been deepening for decades. Homelessness is no longer just about housing. It is driven by societal uncertainty, poverty, mental health challenges, addiction, education gaps, lack of job opportunities, relationship breakdowns, and domestic abuse.

people are waiting for social housing
people including 18,935 children and young people under 18, are legally classified as homeless
increase in the number of households placed in temporary accommodation over the past five years

Our strategy snapshot

Prevent homelessness

Identify those at risk and provide tailored support to stop them losing their homes.

Provide housing solutions

Help people move from temporary accommodation into safe, stable, and sustainable homes.

Address root causes

Tackle poverty, mental health challenges, addiction, education gaps, and family breakdowns.

Empower people

Give individuals the guidance, skills, and confidence to rebuild their lives with dignity and independence.

Strengthen partnerships

Collaborate with statutory bodies and local organisations for a coordinated, effective response.

Lead change

Amplify the voices of people with lived experience and influence policy to make homelessness a national priority.

This is just the beginning.

Ways to get involved

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