The Homelessness Supported Accommodation Services (HSAS) project is a recommissioning and commissioning programme to deliver accommodation-based, housing-related support services across a portfolio of supported housing schemes in Cornwall.
The contract will bring together a number of existing commissioned services and new provision into a single, consistent commissioning approach, structured through multiple Lots aligned by geography, client cohort and service type. Services will be delivered by specialist providers and will support adults aged 18+ (including young people aged 18–25 and care-experienced individuals) who are homeless or at risk of homelessness and require structured support to access, sustain and move on from accommodation.
HSAS will provide trauma-informed, person-centred support within supported accommodation settings, focused on tenancy preparation, stabilisation, safety and wellbeing, and progression into independent living. The service model will combine individual accommodation-based support with group-based interventions, alongside coordinated multi-agency working.
The procurement seeks to:
- Ensure continuity of supported accommodation support services from April 2027;
- Improve consistency, quality and outcomes across the portfolio;
- Reduce repeat homelessness and rough sleeping;
- Reduce reliance on temporary and emergency accommodation; and
- Deliver value for money through a streamlined, outcomes-focused commissioning approach.
Contracts are expected to commence on 1 April 2027 for an initial period of two years, with options to extend (2 + 3 + 3 years), subject to performance and funding availability. The programme is funded through central government grant funding for homelessness, rough sleeping and supported housing.
Currently, the Youth Engagement Project has contracts in place for service delivery by specialist delivery partners and we aim to replicate this for the YFF – Randomised Control Trial which will be a new externally funded provision. The Youth Engagement project will support the control group participants of the YFF – Randomised Control Trail which has been awarded to Cornwall Council by the Youth Futures Foundation to offer a 15-month project aimed at offering Pre-Employment Vocational Training to individuals who are 16-24 and are NEET.
