Publications
Browse our publications to discover what works
We collaborate with academics, universities, and research groups to uncover what really helps people out of homelessness. Explore our growing body of work that includes randomised control trials, systematic reviews, policy papers, and books which help to fill the gaps in our understanding of homelessness.
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January 2024
Homelessness, Refugees and Resettlement in the UK
This report sheds light on the challenges faced by refugees being resettled in the UK. Exploring the connection between poverty, education, health inequalities and housing, it emphasises the role housing plays in shaping the destiny of those on the edge of society. The report highlights that refugees bear a disproportionate burden, often facing multiple challenges and disadvantages when trying to find stable accommodation.
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February 2023
Ethnic inequalities and homelessness in the UK
This policy paper calls for specific interventions to relieve and prevent homelessness among people from ethnic minorities to address stark inequalities among people who are assessed as homelessness. The report, written by Professor Nissa Finney, Professor of Human Geography at the University of St Andrews, highlights how inequalities experienced by different ethnic groups across the UK contribute to higher rates of homelessness.
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January 2023
Integrating health and social care for people experiencing homelessness
This resource aims to raise awareness of the guideline on integrated health and social care for people experiencing homelessness that we created in partnership with NICE. It summarises the evidence base and gives people advice on implementation using case studies and examples of good practice.
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January 2023
Public perceptions of homelessness 2022
Results from a survey conducted by IPSOS for the Centre for Homelessness Impact on public perceptions and attitudes towards issues relating to homelessness.
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September 2022
Homelessness and children's social care in England
Young people who spend some of their childhood in care are much more likely to experience homelessness in adulthood. This paper highlights the shortage of high quality, causal evidence on how to prevent or end homelessness for young people leaving care and number of interventions whose theories of change suggest a reduction in homelessness as an outcome.
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September 2022
Sexuality, gender identity and homelessness
There are many reasons why people who identify as LGBTQ+ may be at greater risk of homelessness than others. This policy paper looks at sexuality, gender identity and homelessness, and reveals where the research into interventions to help is lacking
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July 2022
Could universities do more to prevent homelessness?
Published in partnership with the Higher Education Policy Institute, this paper looks at the role universities could play in preventing homelessness in their local areas. The prevalence of homelessness tends to be higher in university towns and this paper asks if universities could do more to prevent homelessness and outlines many of the steps that universities can take.
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June 2022
European Journal of Homelessness: Houses, not homelessness
In the final European Journal of Homelessness paper, Danny Dorling writes of the importance of using evidence to underpin action on ending homelessness
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June 2022
European Journal of Homelessness: Homelessness and Children's Social Care in England
Too many young people leaving care are afflicted at some point by homelessness. But we know little about how to lift these young people out of homelessness, or prevent it from occurring in the first place. Find out more in this journal article.
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