Now, after concluding that regulation could be just as effective as sustained investment, the government is beginning to act.
In quite wide-ranging reforms across the previously unregulated supported accommodation sector and including the social housing sector, ministers targeted those providing housing and support for 16 and 17-year-olds.
As a result, from the end of this month, and in line with similar settings looking after children in care, providers working with this group must be registered with Ofsted.
This, in theory, makes sense. There’s no doubt that a lack of regulation had contributed to the rise of unscrupulous, profiteering providers and left young people more likely to be exposed to harm and at risk of exploitation.
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