DAHA Homelessness and Supported Accommodation Accreditation
The purpose of the framework is to support homelessness & supported accommodation organisations implement and embed a safe and effective domestic abuse response that holds perpetrators to account for the abuse.
The standards in the framework have been developed collaboratively between DAHA and a group of homelessness organisations, and take into consideration the unique environment of a homelessness or supported housing setting, to ensure the standards are achievable and beneficial to those experiencing domestic abuse within these services.
Embedding standards of good practice in response to domestic abuse will mean that providers of services in homelessness settings will be applying a domestic abuse lens to their daily work enabling the early identification of domestic abuse, providing a survivor-led response that, as part of a Coordinated Community Response (CCR), will prevent escalation of harm and hold perpetrators of abuse to account.
Why DAHA for the homelessness & supported accommodation sector?
We accredit organisations who provide:
Non-accommodation-based services:
- Rough sleeping outreach teams.
- Floating support services.
Accommodation-based services:
- 24-hour hostels.
- Semi-independent housing.
- Supported housing.
- Housing management services, where the housing is not general housing.
Click here to download our Membership Pack.
Get in touch!
If you are a local authority interested in supporting organisations in your area to achieve DAHA accreditation
If you are a homelessness & supported accommodation provider and would like your organisation to sign up to complete DAHA accreditation
daha_homelessness@standingtogether.org.uk