National charity seeks landlords and partners to help provide safe homes
BIRMINGHAM, UK – October 2025 – National charity Hope at Home, best known for its one-of-a-kind hosting scheme, is expanding its work to tackle one of the most urgent needs facing survivors of modern slavery today: safe and stable housing.
Since 2017, Hope at Home has matched trained volunteer hosts with survivors facing homelessness, providing over 14,000 nights of safe sleep. Now, building on this foundation, the charity is launching a three-year Supported Housing Pilot, initially opening four shared houses (HMOs) to provide homes for survivors of slavery.
The need could not be greater. While many assume survivors are housed in government-funded safehouses, the reality is that only 13% of adult survivors access this accommodation. The rest are left to navigate unsafe housing, destitution or even the streets, leaving them vulnerable to re-trafficking and exploitation.
“Everyone’s experience of trafficking is different, but what they share is the need for a safe home,” says Jared Hodgson, CEO of Hope at Home. “Hosting has shown us the extraordinary difference that ordinary people can make. But hosting is not the right fit for everyone. This pilot gives us the chance to expand our model and create more choice and stability for survivors.”
The new project will combine housing with wrap-around support, advocacy and Hope at Home’s existing wellbeing programme, which includes therapy, gym membership, travel passes and destitution payments. The charity plans to work in partnership with a housing “Registered Provider”, making the project self-sustaining and scalable.
One survivor who faced homelessness before being supported by Hope at Home said:
“Because you’re all classified as victims of trafficking, they put you all together and treat you the same. But everyone’s story is different – we’re all individuals, and we all need a safe place to stay.”
To launch the pilot, Hope at Home is seeking partnerships with property owners and landlords who can lease properties (ideally 3–5 bedrooms), as well as funders and supporters to help raise the funds needed in grants and donations.
A series of online information events will give potential landlords and supporters the chance to hear more.
Attendees will hear how the pilot works, what’s involved for landlords and the life-changing difference safe homes make, directly from survivors and those who work with them themselves.
Sharon Marsh, Hope at Home’s Housing Director, adds:
“Every night a survivor spends in safe housing is a night they are protected from homelessness and the risk of re-exploitation. With the help of landlords and supporters, we can give more survivors the dignity and freedom they deserve.”
For more information or to book a place at an online event, click here.
MEDIA CONTACT:
Jared Hodgson
jared@hopeathome.org.uk
