MHCLG has published draft regulations for supported housing licensing in England, and the consultation closes at 11:59pm on 10 December 2026. The draft is the Supported Housing (Licensing) (England) Regulations 2027. This round is about technical detail: how the licensing regime is structured and operates, what is in scope and what is exempt, how applications are decided and how enforcement works. The government's policy response came earlier. This is the draft law meant to deliver it.
In regulated care, policy and regulations are different documents. Policy tells you the direction. Regulations tell you what you will be inspected against, how long a decision takes, and what happens when something on a form is wrong.
The consultation page doesn't say which providers or accommodation would need a licence. That sits in the 32 page draft, so read that rather than anyone's summary, including this one.
If supported housing is part of what you run, fund or lend against, start with the scope and exemptions in the draft, because that is where you find out whether your accommodation is covered. A response from someone who has read it carries more weight than a view from someone who hasn't.
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