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Housing rights and housing realities: how to make new housing rights effective
A briefing on our research findings with marginalised groups, setting out their housing legal needs in the context of the Renters Rights Act 2025. February 2026
Making inequalities visible: A joint call for accurate Gypsy, Roma and Traveller ethnicity data in the UK
A briefing on why the Ethnicity Harmonised Standard must include a Roma category and separate Gypsy, Roma and Traveller data. February 2026
What you need to know about the Renters' Rights Act
Read our short article letting you know what you need to know and do as a renter now that the Renters' Rights Act is coming into force. We cover a timetable of changes and explain how it will benefit you as a renter.
Sign up for our workshop on Supporting survivors of domestic abuse with homelessness applications
Advicenow will be running a free workshop on how to use the Domestic Abuse Act 2021 to support survivors of domestic abuse with homelessness applications. The workshop will be delivered with Isabella Mulholland from the Public Interest Law Centre and is funded by Trust for London.
Online workshop on supporting people through vulnerability assessments
Advicenow will be running a free workshop on supporting people through vulnerability assessments. The workshop is funded by the Trust for London.
‘Earned Settlement’ Consultation
Read our quick guide on what it is, why it matters and how you can respond.
Five Basics: a London‑wide campaign to improve temporary accommodation ahead of the May 2026 local elections
Advicenow is proud to be part of the Five Basics Campaign, working alongside London organisations in the Better Temporary Accommodation Alliance to push for urgent, practical improvements for families living in temporary accommodation. January 2026
Our year in training
We are starting the year by taking a look back across the workshops and training we ran last year.
Migrants' rights needs assessment
Advicenow conducted a needs assessment to help us identify key legal needs facing migrant communities and gaps in existing training and support, in order to tailor our public legal education programmes for the needs of migrant groups and the frontline organisations supporting them. December 2025
Unpacking imperfect data: Roma overrepresentation and the need for analytical precision
This briefing presents further research, which aims to re-assess and update existing findings regarding available data concerning Roma children in care. November 2025
Advicenow joins defence of European Convention on Human Rights
Advicenow has signed a joint statement alongside 291 other charities, legal bodies, and non-profits, issuing a powerful statement in support of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) on its 75th anniversary.
Advicenow joins London-wide campaign for minimum standards in temporary accommodation
This September, Advicenow joined the Indoamerican Refugee Migrant Organisation (IRMO), their service users living in temporary accommodation, and the London-wide child poverty network 4in10 as part of the Better Temporary Accommodation Alliance, supported by Trust for London, and it brought together frontline voices, legal educators, and local decision makers to demand change. November 2025
Local authority support for migrants with NRPF online workshop
Advicenow is excited to partner with Project 17 and Care Rights Project to deliver a free workshop focusing on support available for families and individuals who have no recourse to public funds. The course will be delivered online and is funded by The Disrupt Foundation.
Sign up for our online homelessness and temporary accommodation housing rights for refugees course
Advicenow will be running a free housing/homelessness rights course for community groups supporting refugees. The course will be delivered online and is funded by The Disrupt Foundation.
Home Office reverts to 28-day move on period for new refugees
The Home Office has announced a sudden reversal of the decision to extend the 56-day move-on period for new refugees, reverting to the widely criticised move-on period of just 28 days for most single adults.
Sign up for Complaint Champions workshop: using the Ombudsman services to increase access to justice
This workshop is delivered by the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman.
