Shelter NI was founded in 1980 as a charity by a group of people concerned about homelessness and poor housing in Northern Ireland.
Homelessness is an extreme form of social exclusion, resulting in multiple inequalities in housing, education, health, and employment, and causing long-term impacts on the quality of life of our citizens.
Our mission is about campaigning to end homelessness and innovating to create sustainable homes and communities.
We believe in a collaborative approach to resolving homelessness and we work in partnership with statutory and voluntary agencies, homeless people themselves and the public in general.
We believe everyone has a right to an affordable, accessible, decent, warm, and safe home and to have legal protection to remain in that home.
We believe that government and public authorities have a duty of care to prevent homelessness and the risk of homelessness, to secure services and facilities which support people to remain living independently in their own home, and to act quickly and effectively to assist those who become homeless to find a decent home with support.