The Government’s new National Plan to End Homelessness sets out a renewed ambition to reduce homelessness across the UK. It is a welcome step. But for too many young people, the reality is unchanged. Their experiences of homelessness are distinct, their barriers more complex, and the situation is not improving fast enough.
We cannot sit back and let that continue.
Young people fall into homelessness through family breakdown, care experience, limited local support and insecure work. Unless we design solutions around these specific challenges, the cycle will repeat itself. That is where our industry has a vital role to play.
The Government’s new strategy highlights prevention, crisis response and long-term stability. But young people rarely move through these stages neatly. They move back and forth, needing support that flexes with them. That is why LandAid works across the whole pathway - from safe accommodation to wellbeing, skills and employability - funding the projects frontline charities tell us make the biggest difference.
And it is why the property industry is uniquely placed to help deliver this support where it is needed most.
Our sector has the expertise, networks and resources to accelerate the strategy’s ambitions: creating spaces where young people can rebuild, backing services that keep them safe, and opening doors to training and employment. Our employability funding round launching in the new year is one example of the industry’s support turning into real life opportunity for young people.
But this moment demands more than individual contributions. It calls for collective leadership.
In 2026, LandAid celebrates 40 years of bringing the industry together behind solutions that work. With deeper engagement, we can scale these interventions and ensure young people have real routes out of homelessness.
So here is the ask: Reach out to us. Discover how your organisation can help deliver what young people need, across every stage of the pathway.
The strategy has set the direction. Now our industry must help drive it forward.
Paul Morrish, chief executive, LandAid, the youth homelessness charity