Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to identify and encourage good practice in adult safeguarding by housing … policy and research on the role of housing in adult safeguarding. Good practice search, drawn from No Secrets consultation … responses and more recently, from other housing providers. Findings – Despite the current weak incentives for housing providers …

implies increased residualisation of the sector, to estimate who is likely to be living in social housing in the future, and … to explore the policy implications in terms of the future role of social housing. Design/methodology/approach – The paper … profile of social housing tenants and to assess the implications of this for the future management of the sector. Findings …