Vision Housing

 Welcome to Vision Housing

Vision Housing Consultancy supports ex-offenders six months prior to and upon release from prison to assist in accessing suitable and sustainable accommodation.

Vision enables low risk offenders to access accommodation. The majority of released prisoners are deemed vulnerable, but not in priority need, and therefore are unable to access settled accommodation under the Housing Act.

The services Vision provides do not only fulfil an urgent need for housing, but the benefits encompass wider aspects of a person's life, from employment to an increased sense of self worth. A report by the Social Exclusion Unit (SEU) identified stable accommodation on release from prison as a factor to reduced the risk of re-offending by around 20%. Each year 160,000 prisoners are released in England and Wales, and inspite of this reduced risk attributed to housing, around 20,000 will have nowhere to live.

Vision Housing aims to make a difference by offering support to this category of ex-offenders to prevent them re-entering the cycle of re-offending.