165,000 Reasons supports Shared Health Foundation’s Homeless Families Conference

We are proud to support Shared Health Foundation’s Homeless Families Conference: Dare to Hope, taking place on Tuesday 9 June 2026 at King’s College London, Bush House.

The event brings together leaders from housing, health, education, local government, the voluntary sector and those with lived experience to focus on one of the most urgent issues facing children and families in England today: temporary accommodation.

More than 176,000 children are living in temporary accommodation in England. Too many are growing up in unsafe or unsuitable conditions, placed far from schools, GPs, communities and support networks. The impact on children’s health, education and development can be devastating.

Tragically, 104 children have died in Temporary Accommodation since 2019. Most of them were under one year old.

Led by Dr. Laura Neilson, Founder of Shared Health Foundation, the conference will include frontline reflections, a housing solutions panel, a session on neurodiversity in temporary accommodation, and an ‘Action & Commitments’ conversation with Alison McGovern MP, Minister of State for Local Government and Homelessness.

Nick Kilby, Founder of Cratus Group, will also join the housing solutions panel alongside Mark Fox from Portakabin and Georgina Lynch from PJ Livesey.

Tickets for the event are free, and are available here.

For 165,000 Reasons, this event speaks directly to the campaign’s purpose: better standards now, faster routes into stable homes, and long-term reform.

Because no child’s home should be temporary.

There are 165,000 reasons to act. Every one of them is a child.