The launch is over. The crisis is not.

This week at UKREiiF, we launched 165,000 Reasons with a simple message: No child’s home should be temporary.

We began with a rally. A call to care. A call to unite. A call to solve.

Our powerful panel sessions asked crucial questions: What should good temporary accommodation look like? Can retrofit help create homes, not just units? How do we build more homes – and make sure they are fit for children.

The answer was clear.

England’s temporary accommodation crisis will not be solved by one sector, one policy, one organisation or one event.

It will take organisations across public, private and the third sector working together with urgency, unity, and purpose.

Because behind every number is a child.  A child moved again.  A child trying to sleep in overcrowded accommodation. A child travelling miles to school. A child growing up without stability and safety.

Beyond the launch, we will continue to grow the 165,000 Reasons coalition, work with councils facing the sharpest pressures, support practical solutions and push for the national focus this crisis demands.

We are asking organisations across housing, local government, development, investment, business, health, education, and the voluntary sector to join us.

Not just to talk about the problem. To ask what they will do to change it.

Drive better standards now. Find faster routes into stable homes. Deliver long-term reform.

Join the campaign – 165000reasons.co.uk

A huge thank you to our UKREiiF panellists Dr Laura Neilson, Founder of Shared Health Foundation, along with her colleagues, Sam Pratt, Maha Bryan and Isabel Kaner; Sarah Elliott, CEO Shelter; Fiona Fletcher-Smith, Chief Executive, L&Q Group; Ian McDermott, CEO, Peabody; Georgina Lynch, MD, PJ Livesey Group; Mark Fox, Director of Housing Solutions and Key Partnerships, Portakabin; and Darren Rodwell former Leader of the London Borough of Barking & Dagenham. Their collective insight, expertise and commitment helped bring urgency and humanity to the issue.

Thanks also to the growing number of organisations who are already showing up to support 165,000 Reasons, including L&Q Group, Peabody, Clarion Housing Group, Vistry, Starboard Hotels, Square Roots, and LandFirst.

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