News and Updates
August 15, 2025
From Portugal’s Bombeiros to the UK: Could volunteers do more?
Our Chief Executive, Ligia, compares Portugal’s volunteer firefighters’ urgent crisis response to the UK’s homelessness response, and explains why we should be treating homelessness as a preventable emergency.
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August 14, 2025
A farewell from our Chair
As Andrew Hudson steps down as Chair of CHI after six and a half years, he reflects on his time in the role - from start-up to systems change.
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July 29, 2025
Using evidence on our improvement journey
Ninesh Muthiah, CEO of Home Connections, which operates Homefinder UK, reflects on an evaluation of the service by the Policy Institute at King's College, London.
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July 25, 2025
CHI names Dame Carol Black as next Chair
The distinguished physician and academic Dame Carol Black is to be CHI's next Chair, its Board of Trustees has announced.
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July 11, 2025
Trust, autonomy and the power of yes: Frontline reflections from a cash transfer pilot
A pioneering cash transfer trial is challenging assumptions about people experiencing homelessness. For frontline workers who supported clients who received a direct, unconditional cash transfer through the first phase of the evaluation, the experience was transformative.
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July 3, 2025
Confronting a blind spot in homelessness data: the invisibility of women who are rough sleeping
Emily-Rae Foreman, Data and Evidence Lead at CHI, writes about this year's Women’s Rough Sleeping Census led by a coalition of homelessness and Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) charities.
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July 1, 2025
Purpose-driven financial support as a homelessness intervention: Learning from lived experience
As part of the Test and Learn programme, we are testing whether financial support with a purpose can prevent repeat homelessness. Early insights from some of the clients involved show that it can restore stability, dignity, and choice, attributes often perceived as lacking by those experiencing homelessness.
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July 2, 2025
How a predictive model can help end homelessness
One of our Test and Learn projects, Using Data to Prevent Homelessness, is taking an innovative, data-driven approach which enables early intervention and hopes to identify individuals at risk of homelessness earlier than they currently are.
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