About us

At Housing Matters, we believe good quality housing is a human right. We provide specialist advice, practical support, and legal advocacy to anyone in housing crisis or facing homelessness around Bristol. 

Almost 60% of our casework clients came to us facing homelessness last year – compared to around a third before the Cost-of-Living crisis. 

But owing to our amazing supporters, last year, we supported more than 1,600 individuals from 639 households, around double the number we helped before the onset of the Cost-of-Living crisis. 

Of the people who needed long-term support as they were facing homelessness, we:

• Prevented homelessness for/ helped rehouse 56%

• Got housing conditions/rehousing prospects improved for 16%

Why we’re still needed

 
On any given night in Bristol, at least 90 people are bedding down on the city’s streets. 

Yet unfortunately, rough sleeping is only the tip of Bristol's housing crisis: 

• The city has become the most expensive place to rent outside of London; 

• The number of households in temporary accommodation has more than doubled since the pandemic, where conditions can be cramped, dirty, noisy, and the location may be far away from people's support systems; 

• The waiting list for social housing has hit a record high of 22,000 households. With only 1,700 social properties to allocate annually, people can ‘live in limbo’ for years. 

Many clients are living in unsafe conditions e.g., due to damp and mould, extreme disrepair, rodents, domestic abuse, hate crime, overcrowding, and more.


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