When homelessness makes the news, it is almost always rough sleeping — people living on the streets, visible and impossible to ignore. But the vast majority of people experiencing homelessness in the UK are not sleeping rough. They are invisible: staying on friends' sofas, crowded into temporary accommodation, sleeping in cars, or enduring unsafe situations because they have nowhere else to go.
This module explores the many forms of hidden homelessness — what they look like, who they affect, and why they so often go unrecognised and unsupported. Understanding hidden homelessness matters for everyone working in the sector: not just to improve statistics, but to ensure that the people most likely to fall through the cracks are the ones we actively look for.
This is a Foundation-level module within Subject 1: Understanding Homelessness.