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Securing safer spaces for the LGBT communities

Stonewall Housing provides supported housing, advice and advocacy for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender communities in London.

We research and lobby at a strategic level on the housing issues affecting our communities.

We are the only specialist housing support provider in England wholly dedicated to serving the LGBT communities.

At the heart of our work is the aim to help LGBT people find a home they feel safe and secure in.

Stonewall Housing News       

Recruitment: Supported Housing Officer - Stonewall Housing currently has a vacancy for a Supported Housing Officer to join its Housing Team.  Check our Jobs Page for further information.

Mayor's London Plan - Boris Johnson, the Mayor of London, is writing his London Plan, which sets out what he thinks London's economy, environment, transport, housing and social framework should look like over the next 20-25 years. The Mayor decided to replace the previous Plan rather than amend it and his London Plan is now being scrutinised by an independent panel during the summer and autumn.  The London Plan will guide all of the Mayor's other policies and the local plans of all London councils.

Stonewall Housing has been invited to make a presentation to the indepndent panel.

Stonewall Housing applauds the Mayor on the housing design aspects of the London Plan but believes this is a missed opportunity since the Plan makes no mention of the specific needs of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and trannsgender (LGBT) communities who make up a significant proportion of London residents, workers and visitors. Stonewall Housing belevees the London Plan should celebrate that LGBT people live in London and explain how it will improve their sense of safety in the city and how it will meet their housing needs once and for all; especially those who are younger, older, seeking asylum or fleeing harrassment or domestic  abuse.  

The Plan should also offer more direction and targets to local councils, especially around equalities, and offer more support to voluntary and community groups.

In short, the London Plan should clearly state how lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people will be made to feel safer, with better housing choices, some time in the next 25 years. 

Stonewall Housing's full response to the London Plan can be read here

Asylum Seekers Conference - The Asylum Seeker and Refugee Conference is taking place at the University of Greenwich on 6th and 7th July 2010.

Apprenticeship Programme - Stonewall Housing's Apprenticeship Programme starts in the summer of 2010. It is open to 16 to 25 year olds who are interested in getting into housing, advice or administrative employment.  

Annual Report 2008-2009: Stonewall Housing's annual report for 2008-2009 in the form of a 2010 Desk Calendar.  You can download the contents here or if you'd like an actual desk calendar, please contact info@stonewallhousing.org or call Hamish McDonald on 020 7359 6242.

Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) Equality and Diversity Advisory Group:  chief executive Bob Green has been appointed to the above group, which will provide input for the HCA's Single Equality Scheme, which includes an action plan, within the next two years, for the agency's vision for the delivery of equality, diversity and cohesion.  

Housing options for LGBT people experiencing domestic abuse:  This new guide can be found on our Factsheets page

Research:  Stonewall Housing has been imnvovled in various projects and publications by other organisations. These include research by the Tenants Services Authority, a report by the National Aids Trust into housing and HIV, Galop's publication Filling in the Blanks about hate crime in London, and Over Not Out by Refugee Support (part of the Metropolitian Support Trust) into LGBT asylum seekers.  Over Not Out can be viewed online at www.refugeesupport.org.uk and you'll find Filling in the Blanks at www.galop.org.uk.                   

Stonewall Housing responds to recent consultation papers:  Recent responses by Stonewall Housing to government consultation papers include: the EHRC grants scheme,  the Mayor's Equality Framework, the new Equality Bill and the future funding priorities for the Big Lottery and the Equality and Human Rights Commission: see our Comments and Analysis page for further details.

Oral History Project:   This joint project between Stonewall Hosuing and Galop is soon to be launched and will tell the story of LGBT people in London and the Part Stonewall Hosuing played. To find out more, take a look at www.galop.org.uk

Other news:  Stonewall Housing is now a member of the Voluntary Sector Forum Steering Group and continues to sit on the Mayor's Housing and Equality Group;assisting in the development of his Housing Strategy, out later this year.

Living with Stonewall Housing
There are currently no vacancies on our waiting list for supported housing. 

Please check back periodically for updates on waiting list vacancies.


Click here to find out if you’re eligible for housing. We only accept applications when the waiting lists are open. If they are call 020 7359 6242 for an application form.

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