Better evidence
for a world without homelessness
The Centre for Homelessness Impact exists to improve the lives of people experiencing homelessness through better use of data and evidence.
Use our data and evidence tools
Our Evidence Tools for homelessness put evidence at people's fingertips, making the available evidence easier to use and highlighting where more and better evidence is needed. Our tools show what the evidence says about homelessness interventions and help you make smarter decisions about how to best serve those experiencing homelessness in the future.
What have we learnt so far?
We have worked with national and local governments, co-designing and investing in groundbreaking projects to help build a growing body of evidence. Find out more about what we have learnt so far about how to improve the lives of people affected by homelessness through better use of data and evidence.
Test and Learn and Systems-Wide Evaluation
Learn more about our programme of trials and evaluations: testing ways to reduce homelessness and end rough sleeping, and mapping the homelessness and rough sleeping system.
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October 1, 2024
Artificial intelligence and its role in ending homelessness
Artificial intelligence can be harnessed to better prevent homelessness and design data-driven housing systems. Ligia Teixeira reports on a conference to discuss its potential
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September 24, 2024
40,000 Scots seek homelessness assistance
The number of households staying in temporary accommodation has reached 16,330, a year-on-year rise of 9%, as more people seek help. Heather McCluskey looks at Scotland's latest homelessness statistics
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September 23, 2024
Evaluating the impact of innovative use of personal budgets for people with experience of rough sleeping
In other fields of social policy there is a growing body of evidence that giving people agency to make decisions on how they overcome adversity is highly effective but there have been far fewer evaluations of its effectiveness for people experiencing homelessness. Katie O'Connor from Greater Change writes for us.
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